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Circular dish
Edme-Pierre Balzac (Born 1705, master 1739; died about 1786)
France (Paris)
1771–72
Object Place: Europe, Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Metal; silver
Dimensions
3.3 cm (1 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Elizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection
Accession Number1993.482.2
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionOne from a pair of large shaped circular dishes with reeded rims and a shallowcenter depression. Engraved with a doubleheaded eagle with a crown, a shield, an orb, and a scepter(?); the Russian Imperial arms.
Marks
Maker's Mark: Illegible, dishes are similar in design to 1993.471.1-24, a set of dinner plates by Edme -Pierre Balzac. Warden's Mark: for 1771-1772: a crowned H (Dennis, 38). Charge Mark: for large work 1768-1775: a crowned A (Dennis,38). Other: guarantee mark for paris used after 1838, a small crab (Tardy, p. 173); St. Petersburg marks: "Beschauzelchen etwa" possibly 1784 (Rosenberg, 8143); HM, a grain between in a rectangle; an 8 in a square, a 6 or a 9 in a square, (possibly Russian standard marks, see Tardy, p. 265). Engraved with no. 21
ProvenanceElizabeth Parke Firestone (b. 1897 - d. 1990) and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. (b. 1898 - d. 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)