Tobacco box
1756–62
Object PlaceParis, France
Medium/TechniqueMarble, silver mounts
Dimensions18 x 14.8 x 27.9 cm (7 1/16 x 5 13/16 x 11 in.)
Credit LineElizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection
Accession number1993.310
On View
On viewClassificationsSilver
Collections
ProvenanceJune 19, 1959, sold by Au Vieux Paris (gallery), Paris, 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)
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