c. 1710
Miniature Tankard
David ClaytonEnglish (London), active from 1697
Small-scale or miniature household objects made of silver were intended as furnishings for doll houses (or “baby houses” as the English called them). Made by eighteenth-century Dutch and English silversmiths who specialized in the creation of tiny silver objects, this piece belonged to Jeannette B. Stern Whitebook.
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