Double spice-box

Antoine Filassier (French, master in 1720, died in 1764)

1723–24

Object PlaceParis, France

Medium/TechniqueMetal; silver

Dimensions6.7 x 7.7 x 11.8 cm (2 5/8 x 3 1/16 x 4 5/8 in.)

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

Accession number1993.299.1a-b

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ClassificationsSilver

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Europe

Inscriptionscoat of arms (d'azur, with lion climbing on a silver rock) of the de Bonlieu family of Viviers, in Languedoc.Provenance1875, Paul Eudel, Paris; 1928, Comtesse de Behague, Paris. 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.