Hand candlestick

Jean-Baptiste Gaspard Odiot (French, born 1692, master in 1720, died 1767)

1726–27

Object PlaceParis, France

Medium/TechniqueMetal; silver

Dimensions6.4 x 21.5 x 10.1 cm (2 1/2 x 8 7/16 x 4 in.)

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

Accession number1993.373

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ClassificationsSilver

Collections

Europe

InscriptionsEngraved on bottom "246" and "D4436/8012/mat"Provenance1900, Mme. Henri Depret, Paris; 1926, Les Fils de Leon Helft [1]. June, 1959, sold by S. J. Phillips, London, 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)

[1] Lent to the Exposition d'Orfèvrerie Française Civile du XVIe siècle au début du XIXe (Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, April 12- May 12, 1926), cat. no. 740.