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Baluster form teapot
Jean-François Guillebert II (French, master 1764, died 1787)
France (Calais)
1766–81
Object Place: Europe, Calais, France
Medium/Technique
Metal; silver
Dimensions
Weight: 30.5 oz., 24.1 cm (1.91 lb., 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Elizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection
Accession Number1993.390
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionBaluster form teapot with bird-form spout and wood handle
ProvenanceUntil 1934, E.A. Phillips; 1934, sold at E.A. Phillips sale, London [see note 1]. By 1936, collection of the sons of Leon Helft [see note 2]. 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] Possibly sold at E.A. Phillips sale, Christie's London, 1934, cat #108. [2] Exhibited in 1936 at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, cat. #47.
NOTES:
[1] Possibly sold at E.A. Phillips sale, Christie's London, 1934, cat #108. [2] Exhibited in 1936 at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, cat. #47.