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Marked by: Marc-Etienne Janety
French (Paris)
1781
Object Place: Europe, Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Metal
Dimensions
4.28 x 10.48 cm (1 11/16 x 4 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Swan Collection—Gift of Miss Elizabeth Howard Bartol
Accession Number21.1280
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionElliptical, blue glass lined. Paw feet at ends & sides. Cast lions heads at ends, leafy festoons with beaded medallions below ribbons on sides. Pierced & molded bands at top & bottom. Engraved shield with three swans on one medallion; crown, armed arm holding knights helmet on other. Marks on back of medallion. Mate to 21.1281.
Marks
Paris wardens mark
ProvenanceSwan Collection. By 1921, Miss Elizabeth Howard Bartol; 1921, gift of Miss Elizabeth Howard Bartol to the MFA.