Toy plate
about 1685
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueSilver
Credit LineTheodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour
Accession number63.959
On View
On viewClassificationsSilver hollowware
Collections
Bethiah Shrimpton of Boston probably originally owned these toys, as in her will, Shrimpton left her "Silver Baby things" to her sister's children.
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)
mid-15th century
mid to late 19th century (before 1889)
mid to late 19th century (before 1889)
Early 19th century
late 18th century
early 18th century
late 15th century (?)
mid-14th–mid-15th century
second half of 14th–first third of 15th century
late 15th–early 16th century
mid-13th century
Late 19th century (before 1890)