Miniature coffeepot
Antoine Bouiller
1777–78 · Silver · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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.
- Artist
- Antoine Bouiller
- Date
- 1777–78
- Medium
- Silver
- Culture
- French, Paris
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Bequest of Catherine D. Wentworth, 1948
