Skip to main content

Wine taster

about 1760
Object PlaceAngers, France
Medium/TechniqueMetal; silver
Dimensions2.3 x 10.3 cm (7/8 x 4 1/16 in.)
Credit LineElizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection
Accession number1993.257
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSilver
Collections
InscriptionsL BERTON (crossed out) 1768 F CLERGEAU.
ProvenanceElizabeth 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)
Candlestick
Toussaint Martin III
1702–03
Toussaint Martin III
1702–03
Toussaint Martin III
1702–03
Toussaint Martin III
1702–03
Circular deep dish
Pierre-Francois Gogly
1777–78
Mustard-pot
Pierre-François Bonnestrenne
1737
Candlestick
Pierre Jarrin
1714–15
Pierre Jarrin
1714–15
Wine ewer
Jacques-Pierre Marteau
1769–70
Trencher salt
Edme-Pierre Balzac
1740–42
Sponge-box
Pierre-Francois Rigal
1771–72
Oval teapot
Louis-Pierre de Poilly
1766