Cruet frame

Pierre II Germain (French, 1703–1783)

1760

Object PlaceParis, France

Medium/TechniqueMetal; silver

DimensionsOverall: 1290 gm (45.5 oz.)

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

Accession number1993.453a-h

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsSilver

Collections

Europe

ProvenanceBy 1900, Madame Leon Helft, Paris [see note 1]. By 1926, Francis Guerault, Paris [see note 2]. By 1933, Sir Phillip Sassoon, London [see note 3]. By 1942, Madame Balsan, New York [see note 4]. 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)

Note:
[1] 1900, exhibited at the Exposition Universelle, Paris (one of a pair).
[2] 1926, exhibited at the Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris.
[3] 1933, exhibited "Three French Regions," London.
[4] 1942, exhibited "in Aid A.W.V.S.," New York.