Platter

1784

Robert-Joseph Auguste French, c. 1723 - 1805

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Title Platter

Artwork Date 1784

Artist Robert-Joseph Auguste

Life Dates c. 1723 - 1805

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. French

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Silver and gold

Dimensions Overall: 1 1/4 × 9 1/2 × 9 3/4 inches (3.1 × 24.1 × 24.7 cm)

Classification Silver

Department European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Credit Founders Society Purchase, Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection of Early French Silver

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 57.61

Markings

Inscriptions Inscribed, engraved at center of tray with the royal coat of arms of Portugal: [House of Braganza]

Marks Marked, struck on the underside of the tray, marker's mark of Robert-Joseph Auguste: [fleur de lis crowned, letters RJA and a palm] Marked, Warden's mark for 1784-85: [crowned P] Marked, charge mark for Henri Clavel.

Provenance

commissioned by Queen Maria I of Portugal as an addition to the royal service (Portugal)

royal collections, (Portugal)

before 1934, Ricardo Espirito Santo (Lisbon, Portugal)

1956, purchased from Mme Ricardo Espirito Santo Silva

purchased by, Elizabeth and Harvey Firestone, Jr., for the Detroit Institute of Arts

1957-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Grigault, P. "Late Eighteenth Century French Silver in the Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection," Bulletin of the DIA 36, no. 3/4 (1959-60): pp. 78-83, p. 79 (ill.).

Albainy, T. "Eighteenth-Century French Silver in the Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection," Bulletin of the DIA 73, no. 1/2 (1999): pp. 14-15, 23; p. 14, (fig. 6) (ill.).

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Robert-Joseph Auguste, Platter, 1784, silver and gold. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection of Early French Silver, 57.61.