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Ecuelle

Possibly by: Pierre Jarrin (French, active 1712–1764)
French (Paris)
1712
Object Place: Europe, Paris, France

Medium/Technique Metal; silver
Dimensions 11.4 x 30.9 x 18.8 cm (4 1/2 x 12 3/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Elizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection
Accession Number1993.402a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver

DescriptionAn ecuelle and cover, the bowl plain with an engraved coat of arms, the handles with a curved outline ending in a shell, enclosing scrollwork and profile heads in roundels. The domed lid with a gadrooned edge, 2 rows of chased strapwork, and an engraved coat of arms. The knob spool-shaped with a female profile head in a roundel.
Marks Maker's Mark: a crowned fleur-de-lys, 2 grains, PJ, a star (Nocq II p 353): Rim of bowl, undersides of both handles. Warden's Mark: 1712-1713, a crowned T (Dennis 203): Rim of bowl, underside of cover. Charge Mark: 1712-17, an A on an inverted crown (Dennis 359): Rim of bowl, underside of cover. Discharge Mark: 1712-17, a cock with raised right claw (Dennis 359): flange of lid. Other: Rectangular mark [boar's head ?] on flange of lid. Engraved "276" on undersdie of bowl. Engraved coats of arms [Count?].
ProvenanceM. Marquis (d. by 1890), Paris; February 10-18, 1890, posthumous Marquis sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, lot 110. Before 1914, M. Poulet. 1926, collection de Vatimesnil [see note 1]. June 18, 1956, sold by Au Vieux Paris (gallery), Paris to 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. (Accession date: May 26, 1993)

NOTES:
[1] Exhibited in 1926 at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, cat. #293.