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Double spice-box

(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
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSilver
Collections
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.



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