ID: 700008542 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008542	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Teapot (teapot; probably by Martin Berthe; 1728/1729; Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, ...; 1993.520.1)

Titles:

Teapot (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

teapot [300043022] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by function or context>, culinary containers, <containers for serving and consuming food>, <vessels for serving and consuming food>, <vessels for serving drinks>)

Classifications:

decorative arts (preferred)

Creation Date: 1728/1729

Creator Display:

probably by Martin Berthe [preferred,VP]

silversmiths Berthe, Martin (French silversmith, master 1712) [500093742]

Locations:

Current: Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, United States) [500305147] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 1993.520.1

Credit Line: Elizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection

Display Materials: Silver; handle: ebonized wood

	ebonized wood [300404849]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>, wood (plant material), <wood by form or function>)

	silver (metal) [300011029]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <silver| silver compounds| alloys>)

Dimensions: 10 x 16.8 x 10.3 cm (3 15/16 x 6 5/8 x 4 1/16 in.)

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred,isness)

Provenance: Set: November 11, 1955, sold by Au Vieux Paris (Bonnefoy et Cie.), Paris, 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)

Marks: Maker's Mark: a crowned fleur-de-lys, 2 grains, [M]B, a bunch of grapes ? (Dennis 50): Underside.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

............... Tea Service with Fitted Case

Sources and Contributors:
Teapot	........ [VP]
	........ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [online] (2003-)

Subject: ....... [VP]