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)
Unidentified artist
