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Large double-salt

1761
Object PlaceParis, France
Medium/TechniqueMetal; silver
Dimensions5.9 x 13.4 x 9.1 cm (2 5/16 x 5 1/4 x 3 9/16 in.)
Credit LineElizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection
Accession number1993.276
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSilver
Collections
InscriptionsEngraved coat of arms. Engraved "146" and "GC" on bottoms of bowls.
Provenance1878, Baron Pichon, Paris. By 1900 until at least 1926, Mme. L. Burat [see note]. 1934, Richard Wallace, Jr. October 10, 1961, sold by S. J. Phillips, London, 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)

NOTE: She lent this to the Exposition d'Orfèvrerie française civile du XVIa siècle au début du XIX," Musée des arts décoratifs (April 12-May 12, 1926), cat. no. 58.
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