Wine taster's cup

Artists

Description

Width above includes handle; diameter is of cup opening. Handle in shape of two snakes head to head. Four marks stamped on bottom: I [fleur de lys] B under crown; D under leaf; LA under crown; [BL] in cursive. Another stamp, illegible, may be LA or IB, on handle. Around lip of cup: P Goumoul

Dimensions

2.5 × 10.2 × 7.6 cm (1 × 4 × 3 in.)

Provenance

Mrs Arthur T. Cabot, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1944