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Second-course dish with cover
François-Thomas Germain (French, 1726–1791)
French (Paris)
1757
Object Place: Europe, Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Metal; silver
Dimensions
Diameter (dish): 30.5 cm (12 in.)
Diameter (cover): 27.5 cm (10 13/16 in.)
Diameter (cover): 27.5 cm (10 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Elizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection
Accession Number1993.495.2a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionOne of a pair of second-course dishes and fluted domed covers with vegetal finials, the borders of the dishes engraved with the Russian Imperial Arms
Inscriptionsstruck with St. Petersburg marks for 176?
Engraved No. 12?
Engraved No. 12?
Provenance1757, ordered by Empress Elisabeth (b. 1709 - d. 1762) as part of the "Parisian" silver service for the Imperial Court of Russia. March 19, 1971, sold by S. J. Phillips, Ltd., London, to Elizabeth Parke Firestone (b. 1897 - d. 1990) and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. (b. 1898 - d. 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)