The Dolls Tea Party


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The toy silver and china pieces demonstrate that Ridgely children had very expensive playthings.

(Dolls: HAMP 5730, 28120, 28123; Silver tea set by Samuel Kirk & Son of Baltimore, c. 1850, HAMP 4853-4856; Paris porcelain dinner service, c. 1840, HAMP 17675-17678, 17680-17695.)