Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
The bowl of the wine taster is melon-like with various indentationsa long the ribs. Some are horizontal, others vertical. In the bottom is set a coin of Charles IV, King of Spain, with the date 1790. The top has the head of the king facing to the right. The bottom has a coat of arms. The handle is shaped with two scrolls near the edge and a fleur de lys shape at the outer part of the handle. The handle is stippled.
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.232
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- COAT OF ARMS; INSCRIPTION; DATE on bottom: crowned coat of arms for Spain (shield is quartered with emblems for Castille); inscription: Span et in Rex Me 8 R II; on front: Dei Gratia 1790 Carolus IV
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973