Tobacco box

Unidentified artist

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

Europe

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)