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Wine cup

1612–13
Object PlaceLondon, England
Medium/TechniqueSilver, parcel gilt
DimensionsH. 17.3 cm (6 13/16 in.); Diameter (of rim) 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.); Weight 186.2 gm (5 oz 18 dwt)
Credit LineTheodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour
Accession number62.167
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSilver
Collections
InscriptionsEngraved on underside of foot, .I.W. .I.F.
ProvenancePurchased from Firestone & Parson, Boston, to the MFA for $9,000 with object 62.168. (Accession date: February 14, 1962)
Group shot: 33.195, RES.39.111, 42.13
Hester Bateman
1790–91
Group shot:  38.1831-7, 52.1550
Richard Cooke
1800–01
Richard Cooke
1800–01
Monogram
Charles Chesterman (II)
1792–93
Unmarked
style of late 15th century
Tankard
IP
about 1590–1600, hallmarked 1618–19
Back of badge and wood base
Unmarked
about 1600–25
IS
1587–88
Restricted
Unidentified artist
1504–05
Diamond-point spoon
B
about 1470–78
WR
1595–96
Acorn knop spoon
Unmarked
possibly late 14th–early 15th