Trencher salt

Claude Dargent (Born about 1698; master 1722; died after 1771)

1740–42

Object PlaceParis, France

Medium/TechniqueMetal; silver

Dimensions4.4 x 6.7 x 7.3 cm (1 3/4 x 2 5/8 x 2 7/8 in.)

Credit LineElizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection

Accession number1993.367.2

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ClassificationsSilver

Collections

Europe

Provenance1923, Marius Paulme's sale, Paris, cat. #161, Pl. XVI. 1951, sold by H. Baur, Paris, 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)