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Oval dish
François-Thomas Germain (French, 1726–1791)
1756–57
Object Place: Europe, Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Metal; silver
Dimensions
24.6 x 33.7 cm (9 11/16 x 13 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Elizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection
Accession Number1993.514.2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionOne of a set of three shaped oval dishes with a shallow center depression and a molded rim. A mostly erased crest is engraved on one of the long sides.
InscriptionsMaker's Mark: a crowned fleur-de-lis, two grains, FTG (Maker's small mark (Dennis, 151). Wardens; mark: 1756-1757: a crowned q (Dennis, 152). Charge Mark: 1756-1762: a crowned A, incomplete (Dennis, 152). Other: a small oval with letters inside; a small rectangle, St. Petersburg mark: "Beschauzeichen etwa" 1761(?) (Rosenberg, 8143); two Cyrillic letters, a grain between, in a rectangle; a 9 in a rectangle; an 0 in a rectangle, both possibly Russian standard marks (Tardy, p. 265); Countermark, used after 1838: parts of insects (Rosenberg, 5929).
ProvenanceElizabeth Parke Firestone (b. 1897 - d. 1990) and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. (b. 1898 - d. 1973), Akron, OH and Newport, RI; 1993 [see note 3]; gift of the estate of Elizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 26, 1993)