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Dinner plate

Claude-Pierre Deville (French (Paris), master in 1769, died after 1783)

1771–72

Object PlaceParis, France

Medium/TechniqueMetal; silver

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

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

Accession number1993.471.19

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ClassificationsSilver

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InscriptionsMaker's Mark: Obscured, but probably that of Claude Pierre Deville, a crowned fleur-de-lis, two grains, CPD, a crozier (Dennis, 118), but possibly by Edme Pierre Balzac, the same with EPB, and a cinquefoil (Dennis, 30). Warden's Mark:1771-1772: a crowned H (Dennis, 38). Charge Mark: for large work, 1768-1775: a crowned A (Dennis, 37). Discharge Mark: for work intended for export, 1733(?)-1775: a little cow (Dennis, 14). Other: a small rectangle; St. Petersburg mark, "Beschauzelchen etwa" 1784 (Rosenberg, 8143); HM, a grain between, in a rectangle; Russian standard mark: a 91 in a rectangle (Tardy, p. 265); Possibly a 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)