Goblet
maker
Unknown
Date18th century
Place MadeParis, Ile-de-France, France, Europe
MediumSilver
Dimensions12 cm (4 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsVessels
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberM21w4
eMuseum ID727059
Previous Number607
EmbARK ObjectID14405
TMS Source ID3198
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesHotel Drouot. Catalogue des Objets de Vitrine: Boites, Miniatures, Bijoux, Montres des XVIIe et XVIIIe Siècles...Provenant de la Collection de Mme X... Salle no. 3 (Paris, 14 May 1892), p. 15, lot 59.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 181. (probably Paris, 18th century)
Ellenor Alcorn et al. The Best of the Decorative Arts. Exploring Treasures in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum IV. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1992), pp. 24-25, ill. (as France, Paris, 1729-30)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 181. (probably Paris, 18th century)
Ellenor Alcorn et al. The Best of the Decorative Arts. Exploring Treasures in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum IV. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1992), pp. 24-25, ill. (as France, Paris, 1729-30)
MarksNotesInscribed (underside of foot): N crowned (warden's mark for 1729-1730); A, crown on its side (charge mark for 1727-1732); a crowned fleur-de-lis, two grains, DB (unidentified maker's mark)
Inscribed (foot rim): a hunting horn (countermark, 1768-1775); the maker's mark repeated; two unidentified marks
Inscribed (foot rim): a hunting horn (countermark, 1768-1775); the maker's mark repeated; two unidentified marks
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner (with a second goblet, museum no. M21w2) at the third sale of Mme. Léon Gauchez's collection at the Hotel Drouot, Paris for 400 francs on 14 May 1892, lot 59, through the exporter Charles H. Rafard and his employee Fernand Robert, her regular agent in Paris.
