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Wine taster
France (Bordeaux)
1780–89
Object Place: Europe, Bordeaux, France
Medium/Technique
Metal; silver
Dimensions
2.1 cm (13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Elizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection
Accession Number1993.287
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionCircular wine taster with straight flaring sides and a domed center. Base is reeded and circular.
Marks
Charge Mark: Bordeaux, 1780-1789: a script B (Tardy, p. 128).
Discharge Mark: Bordeaux, 1780-1789: a shell (Tardy, p.128).
Other: a cock in a hexagon with a 2 to his right "Poincons de titre, Departements .800" (Tardy, p.168).
Discharge Mark: Bordeaux, 1780-1789: a shell (Tardy, p.128).
Other: a cock in a hexagon with a 2 to his right "Poincons de titre, Departements .800" (Tardy, p.168).
ProvenanceBy 1968, Elizabeth Parke Firestone (1897-1990) and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. (1898-1973), Akron, OH and Newport, RI; 1993; gift of the Estate of Elizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. to the MFA. (Accession date: May 26, 1993)