Bowl
second half of 14th–first third of 15th century
Object PlaceDijon, France
Country of Origin, for CustomsFrance
Medium/TechniqueSilver and gilded silver (bowl: 94.4% silver, 3.9% copper, .9% gold, .8% lead)
DimensionsOverall: 16.8 x 4.4cm (6 5/8 x 1 3/4in.)
Other (diameter): 16.8 cm (6 5/8 in.)
Other (diameter): 16.8 cm (6 5/8 in.)
Credit Line1948 Purchase Fund
Accession number48.264
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1901, Montagu Samuel, 1st Baron Swaythling (b. 1832 - d. 1911), London; May 6-7, 1924, Swaythling sale, Christie's, London, lot 68. By 1930, William Randolph Hearst (b. 1863 - d. 1951), New York [see note 1]; from Hearst to the International Studio Art Corporation, New York [see note 2]; October 24, 1940, sold by the International Studio Art Corporation to the Brummer Gallery, New York (stock no. N4728); 1948, sold by the Brummer Gallery to the MFA for $3,000. (Accession Date: March 11, 1948)
NOTES:
[1] E. Alfred Jones, "Some Old Foreign Silver in the Collection of Mr. William Randolph Hearst," Connoisseur 18 (1930): 220-221. [2] The International Studio Art Corporation was a Hearst-owned company that had the responsibility of uncrating, cataloguing, storing, and shipping art objects Mr. Hearst had purchased.
NOTES:
[1] E. Alfred Jones, "Some Old Foreign Silver in the Collection of Mr. William Randolph Hearst," Connoisseur 18 (1930): 220-221. [2] The International Studio Art Corporation was a Hearst-owned company that had the responsibility of uncrating, cataloguing, storing, and shipping art objects Mr. Hearst had purchased.
mid-15th century
late 15th–early 16th century
about 1475
mid-14th century
late 13th–14th century
first half of 6th century
late 13th–14th century
mid-12th century
last third of 12th century
about 1200
late 15th century (?)
about 1500 or 17th century