Pair of egg-cups

Jean-Nicolas Bastin

1780–81

Object PlaceParis, France

Medium/TechniqueSilver gilt

DimensionsWeight: 6 oz., 7.6 x 5.4 cm (0.37 lb., 3 x 2 1/8 in.)

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

Accession number1993.474.2

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ClassificationsSilver

Collections

Europe

ProvenanceBy 1906, Chasles, Paris. By 1925, Leon Helft, Paris. By 1926, Puiforcat, Paris. By 1940, Mme. de Peyster, New York. By 1945, Jacques Helft, Paris. 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. to the MFA. (Accession date: May 26, 1993)