Wine taster's cup
c. 1800-c. 1820
Artists
Dimensions
3.18 x 10.16 x 7.94 cm (1 1/4 x 4 x 3 1/8 in.)
Provenance
Mrs Arthur T. Cabot, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1944
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