ID: 700008546 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008546	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Scent Flask (scent bottle; probably from Martin Berthe; 1728/1729; Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, ...; 1993.520.5)

Titles:

Scent Flask (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Silver-mounted Scent Flask (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

scent bottle [300198895] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by function or context>, <containers for personal use>, <containers for personal grooming and hygiene>, perfume bottles)

Classifications:

decorative arts (preferred)

Creation Date: 1728/1729

Creator Display:

probably from Martin Berthe [preferred,VP]

silversmith 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: 1993.520.5

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

Display Materials: silver and glass

	glass (material) [300010797]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material)

	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: 13.7 x 4.8 x 1.9 cm (5 3/8 x 1 7/8 x 3/4 in.)

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred,isness)

Provenance: 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: Countermark: 1727-32, a crowned bell (Dennis 343): flange of lid

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

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

Sources and Contributors:
Scent Flask	........ [VP]
	........ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [online] (2003-)
Silver-mounted Scent Flask	........ [VP]
	........ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [online] (2003-)

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