Pair of egg-cups
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
On View
On viewClassificationsSilver
Collections
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)
