Wine taster

Unidentified artist

1684–87

Object PlaceParis, France

Medium/TechniqueMetal; silver

Dimensions3.6 x 11.8 cm (1 7/16 x 4 5/8 in.)

Credit LineElizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection

Accession number1993.266

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsSilver

Collections

Europe

InscriptionsEngraved "L.B."ProvenanceJune 27, 1951, sold by Henri Baur (dealer), Paris, to 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)