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Baluster form teapot

Jean-François Guillebert II (French, master 1764, died 1787)

1766–81

Object PlaceCalais, France

Medium/TechniqueMetal; silver

DimensionsWeight: 30.5 oz., 24.1 cm (1.91 lb., 9 1/2 in.)

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

Accession number1993.390

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On view

ClassificationsSilver

Collections

Europe

ProvenanceUntil 1934, E.A. Phillips; 1934, sold at E.A. Phillips sale, London [see note 1]. By 1936, collection of the sons of Leon Helft [see note 2]. 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. (Accession date: May 26, 1993)

NOTES:
[1] Possibly sold at E.A. Phillips sale, Christie's London, 1934, cat #108. [2] Exhibited in 1936 at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, cat. #47.