Bombe-form casket

Jean-Baptiste Saurin (born in 1734–36; master in 1774; died after 1793)

1782

Object PlaceParis, France

Medium/TechniqueSilver

DimensionsOverall: 15.5 x 25.8 x 18.3 cm, 57.6 oz. (6 1/8 x 10 3/16 x 7 3/16 in., 1632.8 gm)

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

Accession number1993.292

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ClassificationsSilver

Collections

Europe

Inscriptions"162" engraved on bottom.ProvenanceBy 1888, Marquis d'Houdan [see note 1]. By 1898, Comte Jacques de Bryas, Paris [see note 2], sold to Madame Leon Helft [see note 3]. December 1951, sold by Robert Ensko, Inc. (dealer), New York 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] 1888, sold Marquis d'Houdan's sale, Angers.
[2] 1898, Comte Jacques de Bryas' sale, Paris.
[3] 1926, exhibited at Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris.