ID: 700008547 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008547	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Spoons (teaspoons; probably by Martin Berthe; 1728/1729; Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, ...; 1993.520.6-7)

Titles:

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

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

teaspoons [300043180] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name), equipment, <equipment by context>, culinary equipment, <culinary equipment for serving and consuming food>, <utensils for consuming food>, place spoons)

Classifications:

decorative arts (preferred)

Creation Date: 1728/1729

Creator Display:

probably by 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: 1993.520.6-7

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

Display Materials: silver

	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: 11.7 x 2.5 cm (4 5/8 x 1 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)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

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

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

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