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Chocolate-pot
Formerly attributed to: Veuve-Louis Waustrud
French (Valenciennes)
1745
Object Place: Europe, Valenciennes, France
Medium/Technique
Metal; silver
Dimensions
Weight: 30 oz., 24.1 cm (1.87 lb., 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Elizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection
Accession Number1993.412
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionChocolate-pot on three scroll feet, with wood handle and bud form finial.
Marks
Marked on lid and pot.
ProvenanceBy 1936, Thierry Delanoue, Paris [see note 1]; by 1959, Bonnefoy et Cie, Paris (dealers); 19 June 1959, purchased by Elizabeth Parke Firestone (1897-1990) and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. (1898-1973), Akron, OH and Newport, RI; 1993; gift of the Estate of Elizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. (Accession date: May 26, 1993)
NOTES:
[1] Exhibited at Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, 1936, cat. #184.
NOTES:
[1] Exhibited at Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, 1936, cat. #184.