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Small jug
Pierre Thiebaud (French)
1745–55
Object Place: Europe, Salins, France
Medium/Technique
Metal; silver
Dimensions
12.8 x 8 cm (5 1/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Elizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection
Accession Number1993.486
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionSmall jug. The pear-shaped body, the cast stepped foot and cover are divided in 4 parts joined verticaly. On one of them is soldered a little curved cast spout with a foliage decoration. On the opposite is soldered a harp-shaped handle . The body has an applied bezel. The domed cover has a moldered rim, is capped by overlapping leaves and is attached by a hinge ornamented with shelves. (hinge pin missing). A coat of arm is engraved on a side of the body within tied plume mantling
Inscriptionsmarks (on underside of base):
maker: PT above the arms of Salins. PT : little mark of Pierre Ignace II Thiebaud master in 1763 (Helft #237)
Warden's mark: a K with a fleur de Lys. salins circa 1768
Charge mark: reconnaissance de Salins (arms of the city) Helft #234, Tardy p. 127
maker: PT above the arms of Salins. PT : little mark of Pierre Ignace II Thiebaud master in 1763 (Helft #237)
Warden's mark: a K with a fleur de Lys. salins circa 1768
Charge mark: reconnaissance de Salins (arms of the city) Helft #234, Tardy p. 127