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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 view
ClassificationsSilver
Collections
InscriptionsThe top with a monogram "FB"
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)
about 1560–70
about 1813–24
about 1813–24
1817-1819
about 1850–80
about 1760–1770
about 1785–90
about 1785
about 1880
second or third quarter of the 14th century (?)
about 1700