Hot milk pot
The production of miniature silver furniture and tea, coffee, and chocolate equipment was a specialty of goldsmiths known as "toy men." The miniatures were probably intended for dollhouses. From the mid-eighteenth century in England until the present, porcelain and fine earthenware miniatures have been made as well.
Artwork Details
- Title: Hot milk pot
- Maker: Alexandre de Roussy, the Younger (born ca. 1729, master 1758, recorded 1792)
- Date: 1777–78
- Culture: French, Paris
- Medium: Silver
- Dimensions: Overall: 2 5/8 × 4 3/8 in. (6.7 × 11.1 cm)
- Classification: Metalwork-Silver
- Credit Line: Bequest of Catherine D. Wentworth, 1948
- Object Number: 48.187.110
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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