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Table knife
Eloi Guérin (French, active between 1725–1765)
France (Paris)
1725–35
Object Place: Europe, Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Metal; silver
Credit Line
Elizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection
Accession Number1993.493.4
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
Descriptionone from a set of twelve matching table knives with shaped stems and baluster tops, eight with molded band beneath the top, variously engraved
Inscriptionssome marks illegible
ProvenanceAugust 23, 1946, sold by Robert Ensko, Inc., New York, 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. to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 26, 1993)