Toy Snuffers and SnufferTray, ca.1680-90, Silver, Snuffers: 2 in. (5.08 cm), A fashion for elaborate dollhouses originated in late seventeenth-century Holland and spread to England and the American colonies. These were not amusements forchildren butfor wealthy women who outfitted them with sumptuous furnishings executed in miniature.Some colonial goldsmithsspecialized in toys and jewels, whichthey imported from London or made locally. Thesebox snuffers and snuffer tray arefrom an assembled set of silver toys owned by Bethiah Shrimpton (1681-1713) ofBoston. , Made in England, British, 17thcentury, Toys andGames
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