Five miniature cups
David Clayton
ca. 1720–30 · 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
- David Clayton
- Date
- ca. 1720–30
- Medium
- Silver
- Culture
- British, London
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- The Joseph M. and Aimee Loeb May Collection, 1963
