Objects
Taster
Alcohol
Consumption
Silver taster with two looped handles and engraved with 'Elizabeth Beale' around body. Hallmarks [taken from catalogue entry]:
[1] Lion passant guardant;
[2] Leopard's head crowned;
[3] K, in shield (London date letter for 1687–88);
[4] S H, fleur-de-lis below, in heart
Creator
S H
[Not specified]
Silversmith (Inferred)
Production
Dates of Production: from 1687
to 1688
London, England
Consumer
Elizabeth Beale
female
Materials
Metal- silver
Metal- plate
Museological Details
Wine taster
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
25.15.52
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