Dinner plate

Edme-Pierre Balzac (Born 1705, master 1739; died about 1786)

1770–71

Object PlaceParis, France

Medium/TechniqueMetal; silver

DimensionsDiameter: 26.6cm (10 1/2in.)

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

Accession number1993.471.5

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ClassificationsSilver

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InscriptionsMaker's Mark: a crowned fleur-de-lis, two grains, EPB, a cinquefoil, incomplete (Dennis, 30). Warden's Mark: 1770-1771: a crowned G (Dennis, 35). Charge Mark: for large work 1768-1775: a crowned A (Dennis, 37). Discharge mark: foe work intended for export, 1773(?)-1775: a little cow (Dennis, 14). Other: a smallrectangle; St. Petersburg marks, "Beschauzelchen etwa" 1784 (Rosenberg 8143); HM a grain between, in a rectangle; Russian standard mark: a 91 in a rectangl e (Tardy, 265); countermark used after 1838: parts of insects (Rosenberg 5929).

Provenance1770, part of Orloff Service ordered by Empress Catherine the Great; 1928, purhased by Jacques Helft directly from Soviet Government (850 pieces). 1932, Comte Horodiski. 1952, Bertha Wallace, Paris. 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)