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Circular dish
Joseph-Pierre-Jacques Duguay (French, born 1724, master 1756, recorded 1793)
French (Paris)
1772–73
Object Place: Europe, Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Metal; silver
Dimensions
Overall: 3.9cm (1 9/16in.)
Other (Overall): 41.7cm (16 7/16in.)
Other (Overall): 41.7cm (16 7/16in.)
Credit Line
Elizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection
Accession Number1993.496.2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionOne of a pair of large, shaped circular dishes. The rim has a reed and ribbon band with a wide band of chased elongated oval guilloche pattern surrounded by matting.
Marks
Maker's Mark: a crowned fleur-de-lis, two grains, JD, a shell (Dennis, 122). Warden's Mark: indistinct, probably 1772-1773: a crowned I (Dennis, 132). Discharge mark: for work intended for export, 1733(?)-1775: a little cow (Dennis, 125). Other: a small rectangle.
InscriptionsA large armorial is engraved in the center.
ProvenanceMarch, 1971, sold by S.J. Phillips, Ltd, London, to Mrs Harvey Firestone. Elizabeth 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)