Tumbler Cup
1686-1687
Artists
Description
Circular, the sides chased with a band of tongue-and-flute under a band of matting, all between double ruled borders, and gilt interior.
Dimensions
5 × 7.3 cm (1 15/16 × 2 7/8 in.) 81 g
Provenance
Edwin Hale Abbot Jr., Cambridge, MA, bequest; to Fogg Museum, 1966.
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