ID: 700008514 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008514	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Tea Service with Fitted Case (tea service; Probably by Martin Berthe (master in 1712); 1728/1729; Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, ...; 1993.520.1-8)

Note: Tea service consisting of a teapot; tea canister; sugar bowl and cover; tea bowl and saucer; scent flask; two teaspoons; fitted box box with silver hardware.

Titles:

Tea Service with Fitted Case (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Traveling Tea Service (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: set

Work Types:

tea service [300227686] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Object Groupings and Systems (hierarchy name), object groupings, <object groupings by general context>, sets (groups), services (sets))

traveling tea service [300379337]

..... (Objects Facet, Object Groupings and Systems (hierarchy name), object groupings, <object groupings by general context>, sets (groups), services (sets), tea services)

Classifications:

decorative arts (preferred)

Creation Date: 1728/1729

Creator Display:

Probably by Martin Berthe (master in 1712) [preferred,VP]

creator Berthe, Martin (French silversmith, master 1712) Qualifier: probably by [500093742]

Locations:

Other: Original: Paris [7008038] Île-de-France (region (administrative division)), France (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Current: Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, United States) [500305147] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 1993.520.1-8

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

Display Materials: Silver and ebonized wood; porcelain; glass; kingwood; rosewood

	porcelain (material) [300010662]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, clay, <clay by product>, <ceramic and ceramic by product>, ceramic (material))

	glass (material) [300010797]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material)

	wood (plant material) [300011914]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>)

	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: various dimensions: in box, height x width (Box): 15.2 x 26 x 22.2 cm (6 x 10 1/4 x 8 3/4 in.)

Cultures:

French (preferred)

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred,isness)

Specific Subjects:

	teas (meals) [300404847]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), meals (eating| event)) (AAT)

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

Sources and Contributors:
Tea Service with Fitted Case	........ [VP]
	........ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [online] (2003-)
Traveling Tea Service	........ [VP]
	........ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [online] (2003-)

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

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [online] (2003-)