Wine taster's cup
c. 1800-c. 1820
Artists
Description
Width above includes handle; diameter is of cup opening. Two illegible marks stamped on handle, one illegible inside cup. Around lip of cup: N Renneville 1853
Dimensions
2.2 × 9.8 × 7.3 cm (7/8 × 3 7/8 × 2 7/8 in.)
Provenance
Mrs Arthur T. Cabot, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1944
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