Object details
Accession number
M21w2
Primary Creator
Charles François Croze
(active early 18th century -)
Full title
Goblet
Creation Date
18th century
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner (with a second goblet, museum no. M21w4) at the third sale of Mme. Léon Gauchez's collection at the Hotel Drouot, Paris for 400 francs on 14 May 1892, lot 58, through the exporter Charles H. Rafard and his employee Fernand Robert, her regular agent in Paris.
Marks
Inscribed (underside of foot): M crowned (warden's mark for 1752-1753); a crowned fleur-de-lis, two grains, CC, a crozier (maker's mark of the French silversmith Charles François Croze, early 18th century); indecipherable mark
Inscribed (rim of the cup): a hen's head (discharge mark for small work for 1750-1756)
Dimensions
11.8 cm (4 5/8 in.)
Display Media
Silver
Web Commentary
Isabella 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.
Permanent Gallery Location
Dutch Room
Bibliography
Hotel 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 58.
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, 1752-1753)
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