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Beaker

Pierre-Antoine Viaucourt (born about 1699; master 1753; still living 1793)
French (Paris)
about 1750-56
Object Place: Europe, Paris, France

Medium/Technique Metal; silver
Dimensions Height x diameter: 10.5 x 8.9 cm, 5 oz. (4 1/8 x 3 1/2 in., 0.31 lb.)
Credit Line Elizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection
Accession Number1993.353
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver

DescriptionA bell-shaped beaker on domed foot, with molded rim and mid-rib, the body with chisel work (repair to rim and foot)
Provenance1952, purchased by 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)