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Wine taster

probably 1768–70
Object PlaceBordeaux, France
Medium/TechniqueMetal; silver
Dimensions3.1 x 11.8 cm (1 1/4 x 4 5/8 in.)
Credit LineElizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection
Accession number1993.508
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSilver
Collections
InscriptionsMaker's Mark: a crowned tower, two grains, GL (Helft, 276). Discharge Mark: 1762-1770: a crowned K (Helft, 276). Other: a crowned B, a grain, with somethingbelow, probably the Maison Commune for 1768-1770 because it is the only mark in 1762-1770 illustrated iwth the grain next to the B rather than below it (Helft, 278); Guarantee mark used after 1838 for medium sized work: a small crab (Tardy, p.173).
about 1880
18th century
late 15th–early 16th century
mid to late 19th century (before 1889)
mid to late 19th century (before 1889)
17th–18th century
modeled 1978, cast 1979