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Whistle and Teether
1780
Hester Bateman
1709-1794
English
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Silver, coral ------|----------- - +-----------------y8-- g+ d f f ff f g .,4......6+3el
Overall: 3 1/2 × 1 1/8 × 5/8 inches (8.9 × 2.9 × 1.6 cm)
Toys and Games
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Irving F. Burton
69.96
Public Domain
Markings
On the mouthpiece: "HB" wiht the head of a queen and a lion
Provenance
(Harpeth Gallery, Nashville, Tennassee, USA);Dr. and Mrs. Irving F. Burton, (Huntington Woods, Michigan, USA);
1969-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Hester Bateman, Whistle and Teether, 1780, silver, coral ------|----------- - +-----------------y8-- g+ d f f ff f g .,4......6+3el. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Irving F. Burton, 69.96.
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