Castor
early 18th century
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/TechniqueMetal; brass
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 19.7 x 6.7 cm, 16 oz. (7 3/4 x 2 5/8 in., 1 lb.)
Credit LineElizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection
Accession number1993.419
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
ProvenanceElizabeth 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)
Unidentified artist
about 1730
17th century (?)
17th century (?)
17th century (?)
style of 14th–15th century
About 1725–30
17th century
pre–1917
pre–1917