Lot 223
  • 223

A Pair of American Silver Tablespoons, Paul Revere, Jr., Boston, circa 1780

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • back of handles stamped REVERE in a shaped rectangle (Kane mark D), one only partly visible
  • Silver
  • length 8 7/8 in.
  • 22.5cm
the handles with rounded down-turned terminals, engraved with large contemporary foliate script monograms NSR

Provenance

American Art Association - Anderson Galleries, 22-23 January 1937, lots 284 and 285.

Literature

Patricia E. Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers, 1998, pp.832-33.

Condition

some light scratches, engraving crisp, one spoon with mark not struck very clearly-- only the last "E" is legible, overall good condition
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