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Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 7 x 35.6 cm, 1031.1 gm (2 3/4 x 14 in., 2.3 lb.)
Credit Line
Gift of Lavinia and Landon T. Clay
Accession Number2003.782
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSilver hollowware
Marks
Underneath rim, individual rectangular reserves are stamped with the letters "M"; "C"; "O"; [device]; "O". Another mark underneath the rim on the opposite side is stamped "J * E * O, C, or G."
ProvenanceApril 14, 1975, sold by Alphonse Jax (dealer), New York, to Landon T. Clay, Boston [see note]; 2003, year-end gift of Landon T. Clay and Lavinia Clay to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 21, 2004)
NOTE: According to Alphonse Jax at the time of the sale, this entered the United States from Argentina and was cleared by U.S. Customs on April 7, 1975. The donor, however, later recalled that he purchased it from the Edward Merrin Gallery, New York.
NOTE: According to Alphonse Jax at the time of the sale, this entered the United States from Argentina and was cleared by U.S. Customs on April 7, 1975. The donor, however, later recalled that he purchased it from the Edward Merrin Gallery, New York.