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Sundial

(French, working about 1685–1720)
about 1730-1740
Object PlaceParis, France
Medium/TechniqueMetal; silver, enamel
DimensionsHeight x width: 3.2 x 5.7 x 6.4 cm (1 1/4 x 2 1/4 x 2 1/2 in.)
Weight: 31 gm (0.03 kg)
Credit LineElizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection
Accession number1993.313a
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSilver
Collections
InscriptionsEngraved "Marquart a Paris"; various European cities and their latitudes for calibration purposes
ProvenanceJuly 27, 1955, sold by the Museum Silver Shop, Inc., New York, 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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