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Castor
Arnaud Gautier (French, 1647–1723)
France (Bordeaux)
1712–17
Object Place: Europe, Bordeaux, France
Medium/Technique
Metal; silver
Dimensions
Weight: 16.5 oz., 21.6 cm (1.03 lb., 8 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Elizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection
Accession Number1993.441a-b
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionCaster
Marks
Under base
Maker's mark: a crown, AG, crossed palm branches between.
Warden's mark: BORD, a fleur de lys above, a B below, for Bordeaux 1712-1717.
Charge mark: a K within a foliate frame, for Bordeaux 1713-1717.
Discharge mark: two fleurs de lys, a fleuron (?) above, one fleur de lys is incomplete, for Bordeaux 1713-1717.
Boar's head:guarantee after 1838.
Swan: import mark.
Maker's mark: a crown, AG, crossed palm branches between.
Warden's mark: BORD, a fleur de lys above, a B below, for Bordeaux 1712-1717.
Charge mark: a K within a foliate frame, for Bordeaux 1713-1717.
Discharge mark: two fleurs de lys, a fleuron (?) above, one fleur de lys is incomplete, for Bordeaux 1713-1717.
Boar's head:guarantee after 1838.
Swan: import mark.
Provenance1919, Jean Bloch. 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. to the MFA. (Accession date: May 26, 1993)