Sponge box on circular base

François Corbie (French, master 1777, died after 1793)

1781

Object PlaceParis, France

Medium/TechniqueMetal; silver

DimensionsOverall: 5.6 cm, 2.15 oz. (2 3/16 in., 0.13 lb.)
Other (Overall): 5.4cm (2 1/8in.)

Credit LineElizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection

Accession number1993.267

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ClassificationsSilver

Collections

Europe

Provenance1926, Edmond Guérin, Paris [see note 1]. May 16, 1952, 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. 389.