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Print, Title Page and Goldsmith’s Designs for Boxes and Bottles, late 17th–early 18th century
This is a Print. It was designed by Masson and published by Jean Mariette and print maker: Masson. It is dated late 17th–early 18th century and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
This object was
donated by
Advisory Council.
It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
It is signed
Lettered in plate, upper center: A Paris chez I.Mariette rue/ St. Jacques aux Colonnes d’Hercule
It is inscribed
Lettered in plate, upper center: Nouveaux Desseins pour/ graver sur l’orfeverie/ Inventés et graves par/ le sieur Masson.; lettered in plate upper center: Carré de Toilette; lettered center right: Coffre à Racines; lettered center: Dessus de Vergette/ Dessus de Tabatiere/ Plombe; lettered center right: A. Boette de Portrait/ B. Boette/ à Mouches; lettered lower right: D. Cassolette ou Boette/ de Senteur; numbered lower left: I
Cite this object as
Print, Title Page and Goldsmith’s Designs for Boxes and Bottles, late 17th–early 18th century; Designed by Masson (French, active late 17th and early 18th century); Published by Jean Mariette (1660–1742); France; etching and engraving on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-434-1
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Huguenot Legacy: English Silver, 1680-1760 from the Alan & Simone Hartman Collection.
