Antique French Sterling Silver Tastevin Wine Taster Sommelier Cup, Marc Parrod sterling silver box The central pocket watch round

The central pocket watch round measures about 1 3/8" diameter

serving as a premonition of the blood shed during the Crucifixion

Maker's mark for Thomas Edwards

Measures 3 5/8" height x 2 3/8" diameter opening

on the eastern border of France

Antique French Sterling Silver Tastevin Wine Taster Sommelier Cup, Marc Parrod sterling silver box The central pocket watch roundAntique French sterling silver wine taster sommelier cup, tastevin. Classic design, the circular bowl embossed with raised "perles", concave "cupules" and elongated godrons to create reflections in the wine to better judge color and clarity. Rounded thumbpiece, with ring handle allows the tastevin to be worn suspended from a chain. Hallmarked with the French Minerve 1st standard mark, in use from 1838, which depicts the goddess Minerva with a number 1