Beaker
Henri-Nicolas Cousinet
(French, active 1724–1768)
1768–69
Object PlaceParis, France
Medium/TechniqueMetal; silver
DimensionsDiameter and weight: 88.9 mm, 0.34 lb., 10.8 cm (3 1/2 in., 5.5 oz., 4 1/4 in.)
Credit LineElizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection
Accession number1993.338
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSilver
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1939, collection of Madame Ivon Helft [see note 1]. February, 1960, sold by S. J. Phillips, London, to 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. (Accession date: May 26, 1993)
[1] According to letter in curatorial file.
[1] According to letter in curatorial file.
about 1880
18th century
1725–75
mid to late 19th century (before 1889)
mid to late 19th century (before 1889)
late 15th–early 16th century
mid to late 19th century (before 1889)
mid to late 19th century (before 1889)
mid-late 18th century
17th–18th century
modeled 1978, cast 1979