Pair of scallop-shell dishes
Jacques-Nicolas Roettiers
1771–73
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Overall (.486): 1 7/8 × 4 3/4 × 5 1/8 in. (4.8 × 12.1 × 13 cm); Overall (.487): 1 7/8 × 5 × 5 1/4 in. (4.8 × 12.7 × 13.3 cm)
Classification
Metalwork-Silver
Culture
French, Paris
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Catherine D. Wentworth, 1948
Accession Number
48.187.386, .387
Tags
Shells