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Basket-form double salt

(French, master 1740, active until 1785)
1762–63
Object PlaceParis, France
Medium/TechniqueSilver with silver-gilt inserts
Dimensions10.3 x 8.3 x 12.3 cm (4 1/16 x 3 1/4 x 4 13/16 in.)
Credit LineElizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection
Accession number1993.504a-c
On View
On view
ClassificationsSilver
Collections
ProvenanceElizabeth 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)
first half of 19th century
1800–12
late 18th–early 19th century
19th century
early 19th century
about 1820
11th century
about 1910–20
6th century A.D. (?)