An American Silver Cann, Paul Revere, Jr., Boston, circa 1775-80

of baluster from with molded rim and foot, engraved with script monogram WGA, the leaf-capped double-scroll handle engraved with block initials A over I*M, marked on base and left of handle (Kane mark B)

script monogram later engraved, foot pushed up a little into base, slightly wobbly, good condition, clear marks
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The pair to this cann also engraved on the handle with initials A over I*M is currently in the collection of the Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA and is recorded in Patricia E. Kane's Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers, p. 809.  Although the earliest provenance is unclear, both canns were at one time owned by William Greenleaf Appleton (1791-1864), and it is likely that it is his monogram that is engraved on the body of the present lot. 

William Greenleaf Appleton's closest relatives with the initials matching those on the handle are his uncle John Appleton (1758-1829) of Boston and his first wife Mary Whitebread; the pair of canns may have been a wedding gift.  Upon John's appointment as United States Consul at Calais, the couple relocated to France, where they had two sons.  John later returned to the United States with the two boys and Mary remained in England.  He married his second wife, Sarah Fayerweather, in 1807.