Lot 433
  • 433

An American Silver Porringer, Paul Revere, Jr., Boston, circa 1790

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • marked near center of bowl pellet Revere in rectangle (Kane mark B)
  • silver
  • 8 5/8 in.
  • 21.9cm
of wide circular form, with keyhole handle engraved with contemporary script initial L

Provenance

The Lovette Family, Beverly MA
Jess Pavey, Birmingham, MI
Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Henry Meyer, Birmingham, MI, sold
Sotheby's, New York, 20 January 1996, Important Americana, The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Meyer, lot 29

Literature

Freund, Joan Barzilay, Masterpieces of Americana: The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Henry Meyer, Sotheby's Books, New York, 1995, p. 50.

Condition

bright surface, ding to side of bowl at 5 o'clock, otherwise good condition
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