Maker
Paul Revere, Jr.(American, 1734–1818)American, 1734–1818
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Teaspoon
Datec. 1765–1790
Made inBoston, Massachusetts, United States
MediumSilver
Dimensions1 × 5 in. (2.5 × 12.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by the Houston Junior Woman's Club
Object numberB.86.6
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Metals Study Room
Exposé
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Department
Bayou BendObject Type
Technical notes: See B.86.5.
Related examples: Another from the set is illustrated in Warren 1996, pp. 727, 731. Other Revere cartouche-tip-handle teaspoons include Sack 1969–92, vol. 2, p. 481, no. 1176; Sack 1969–92, vol. 3, p. 716, no. P3264; Buhler 1972, vol. 2, p. 413, no. 360; Fairbanks et al. 1975, p. 233, nos. 386, 387; Quimby 1995, pp. 158–59, no. 113b; Kane 1998, p. 844.
Book excerpt: David B. Warren, Michael K. Brown, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, and Emily Ballew Neff. American Decorative Arts and Paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection. Houston: Princeton Univ. Press, 1998.
Provenance[Firestone and Parson, Boston]; purchased by MFAH, 1986.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Engraved: the Belcher crest
Mark of Paul Revere, Jr. [Buhler 1972, vol. II, p. 385, c]
Cataloguing data may change with further research.
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