Wine taster's cup
17th-19th Century
Artists
Dimensions
3.49 x 10.8 x 7.94 cm (1 3/8 x 4 1/4 x 3 1/8 in.)
Provenance
Mrs Arthur T. Cabot, Bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1944.
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