Milk-jug
Henri-Nicolas Debrie
(French, 1727–1784)
1766–67
Object PlaceParis, France
Medium/TechniqueMetal; silver
Dimensions12.8 x 10.8 cm (5 1/16 x 4 1/4 in.)
Credit LineElizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection
Accession number1993.248
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSilver
Collections
Provenance1926, Edmond Fouret (b. 1867 - d. 1955), Paris [see note 1]; by 1932, to Mme. Louis Hachette (probably Blanche D'Arbou, b. 1893 - d. 1982), Paris [see note 2]. April 24, 1951, sold by Au Vieux Paris (gallery), Paris, to 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)
NOTES:
[1] He lent this to the Exposition d'Orfèvrerie Française Civile du XVIe siècle au début du XIXe (Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, April 12 - May 12, 1926), cat. no. 403. [2] According to notes in the MFA curatorial file. Edmond Fouret was president of the Librairie Hachette, which had been founded in the nineteenth century by his great-grandmother's husband, Louis Hachette (b. 1800- d. 1864). Hachette's grandson (and Fouret's distant cousin) was also named Louis Hachette (b. 1870 - d. 1941).
NOTES:
[1] He lent this to the Exposition d'Orfèvrerie Française Civile du XVIe siècle au début du XIXe (Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, April 12 - May 12, 1926), cat. no. 403. [2] According to notes in the MFA curatorial file. Edmond Fouret was president of the Librairie Hachette, which had been founded in the nineteenth century by his great-grandmother's husband, Louis Hachette (b. 1800- d. 1864). Hachette's grandson (and Fouret's distant cousin) was also named Louis Hachette (b. 1870 - d. 1941).
