Wine Taster
c. 1675
Artists
Description
Of shallow circular form with two wire scroll handles, the interior chased with a stylized serpent with beaded borders.
Dimensions
3.8 x 11.4 x 8.9 cm (1 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.) unspecified: 57 g
Provenance
Edwin Hale Abbot Jr., Cambridge, MA, bequest; to Fogg Museum, 1966.
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