Counting box (boîte de jetons) with counters
Mariaval, le jeune
(French, active by 1746)
about 1750–70
Medium/TechniquePainted ivory, gilt-metal, later leather case
DimensionsOverall: 1.9 x 8.3 x 5.7cm (3/4 x 3 1/4 x 2 1/4in.)
Credit LineGift of Stella Champollion Trafford
Accession number2001.238.1-4
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ProvenanceAndré Chéronnet-Champollion (b. 1880 - d. 1915), Paris, New York, and Newport, NH [see note]; by inheritance to his son, René Chéronnet-Champollion (b. 1909 - d. 1959), New York and Newport, NH; by inheritance to his widow, Stella Champollion Trafford (b. 1912 - d. 2009), Boston; 2001, gift of Stella Champollion Trafford to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 25, 2001)
NOTE: He may have inherited this set of counting boxes (MFA accession nos. 2001.238.1-4) from his great-grandfather, Jean-François Champollion (b. 1790 - d. 1832).
NOTE: He may have inherited this set of counting boxes (MFA accession nos. 2001.238.1-4) from his great-grandfather, Jean-François Champollion (b. 1790 - d. 1832).
Unidentified artist
about 1550
15th century
mid-17th century
16th century
18th century (?)
18th century (?)