French Silver Wine Taster and a Caudle Cup. The wine taster affixed with a double snake entwined handle, engraved around the rim "MICHEE PAILLIOUX D ST G" in hatched block letters, guarantee and maker's marks (AR centering a chicken into a diamond); the two handles of the caudle cup affixed with winged terms, above a lobed and scalloped foot, engraved around the rim "MARCHAND GEVREY 1842," guarantee and maker's marks (I? P centering an arrow into a diamond) beneath. 8.33 troy oz. total weight Wine taster: H: 1 in., W: 4.25 in., D: 3.25 in. Caudle cup: H: 3 in. (top of handle), W: 5.75 in., D: 4.25 in. Provenance: Property from the Collection of Cortlandt and Nancy Knowles Parker, Greenvale Farm Estate and Vineyard, Portsmouth, Rhode Island.

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3 x 5.75 x 4.25 in