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Toy Caster
1685
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Silver
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour
Accession Number63.957
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
DescriptionCylindrical, moulding at base and rim (bezel broken) and bottom of cover. Bayonet fastening. Turned finial with shaped quatrefoil cut-card below.
Marks
indistinct below slot for fastener
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)