Wine taster's cup
c. 1800-c. 1820
Artists
Description
Width above includes handle; diameter is of cup opening. Stamped decoration of circles and leaves (identical to 1944.55.5). Stamped with marks on handle: EF underneath; two separate profile heads on top. Convex bottom. Handle soldered on. Around lip of cup: François Pinault
Dimensions
2.9 × 8.9 × 6.4 cm (1 1/8 × 3 1/2 × 2 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Mrs Arthur T. Cabot, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1944
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