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Caster

(active from 1714, died 1775)
1745–55
Object PlaceBeziers, France
Medium/TechniqueMetal; silver
DimensionsH. 22.9 cm (9 in.)
Credit LineElizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection
Accession number1993.481a-b
On View
On view
ClassificationsSilver
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1912, Gely de Savy, Toulouse. October 17, 1967, sold by S. J. Phillips, Ltd., London (dealer) to Elizabeth Parke Firestone. 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)


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