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Toy Caudle Cup
about 1685
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
4 x 5.7 cm (1 9/16 x 2 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour
Accession Number63.958
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSilver hollowware
Bethiah Shrimpton of Boston probably originally owned these toys, as in her will, Shrimpton left her "Silver Baby things" to her sister's children.
Catalogue Raisonné
Buhler, 1972, No. 27
DescriptionMiniature. Bottom soldered on (mended?) scratched BS. Curved sides, straight neck, scratch strap scroll handles (one broken). Domed cover with turned finial (bent) Considerably dented. Set with 285-7.46.
ProvenanceBethiah Shrimpton (1681-1713); by inheritance to her sister Hunt's children; by descent to Mr and Mrs Francis S Dane; 1946, lent by Mr and Mrs Dane to the MFA; 1963, bought from the Danes by the MFA. (Accession date: June 19, 1963)