Two American Silver Teaspoons, Paul Revere Jr., Boston, circa 1795 and circa 1775
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January 22, 06:07 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Two American Silver Teaspoons, Paul Revere Jr., Boston, circa 1795 and circa 1775
the first bright-cut and engraved with script monogram SSP,marked on back below center, .REVERE, (Kane mark B); the second with scroll-back bowl and feather-edge border and engraved with initials DF
marked on back near base PR script (Kane mark G)
16 dwt
4.976 g
lengths 5 3/8 in.; 4 3/8 in.
13.7 cm; 11.2 cm
The first spoon appears to be part of a group of eighteen made for Samuel and Sarah Parkman in 1795.
Samuel Parkman married in 1784 as his second wife Sarah Rogers. An entry in Revere's Day Book for March 3, 1795, records Parkman's order ”to 6 silver teaspoons 1 pound =4=0”. A second entry for August 22, 1795 lists an additional, “To 12 silver teaspoons wt. 7oz at 7/- 2 pounds=9=0.
Two teaspoons, matching the offered example, are in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, and another twelve are in the collection of the R.W. Norton Art Gallery, Shreveport, Louisiana, see Kathryn C. Buhler, American Silver 1655-1825 in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, no 397, p.448.
A tablespoon engraved with this monogram was sold Sotheby’s, New York, January 29, 1987, lot 288.