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Mustard pot
Probably by: Noël-Charles Langlois (French, master 1708, died 1748)
France (Paris)
1714
Object Place: Europe, Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Metal; silver
Dimensions
14.7 x 11.7 x 7.8 cm, 380 gm (5 13/16 x 4 5/8 x 3 1/16 in., 13.4 oz.)
Credit Line
Elizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection
Accession Number1993.431
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionGoblet-shaped mustard pot, the foot with gadrooned edge and moldings. The body with cut card work against a textured ground, engraved scrolls and coat of arms. Scroll handle. The lid hinged with a thumbpiece, gadrooned border, two engraved scrollwork bands, sunflower finial.
Marks
Maker's Mark: a crowned fleur-de-lys, 2 grains, [N]CL, [an ear of wheat ?] (Dennis 208): Inside bottom of cup, inside of lid. Warden's Mark: 1714-1715, a crowned X (Dennis 100): Inside bottom fo cup. Charge Mark: 1712-17, an A on aninverted crown (Dennis 100): Inside bottom of cup. Discharge Mark: 1712-17, a cock with raised right claw (Dennis 359): Rim of foot. Other: Illegible mark [LHF?] on underside of foot. Unidentified mark: 3 crowns and a quatrefoil: rim of foot. Import mark ?: rim of foot. Engraved coat of arms. Engraved "324" on underside of foot.
ProvenanceBefore 1926, Louis Carre, Paris (1897-1977); before October 1961, Jacques Helft, Paris (dealer); October 1961, purchased by Elizabeth Parke Firestone