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Caster

Jean I Petit (French, master in 1629)

about 1690-1710

Medium/TechniqueMetal; silver

DimensionsHeight x diameter: 8.9 x 4 cm (3 1/2 x 1 9/16 in.)
Weight: 2.19 oz. (62 gm)

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

Accession number1993.273

On View

On view

ClassificationsSilver

Collections

Europe

ProvenanceFelix Doistau (1846-1936), Paris; Jacques Helft, Buenos Aires (dealer); October 20, 1952, purchased by 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. to the MFA. (Accession date: May 26,1993)