Large double-salt

Claude-Antoine Charvet

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

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ClassificationsSilver

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Europe

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.