Important Americana: Silver, Chinese Export, and Prints
Important Americana: Silver, Chinese Export, and Prints
An American Silver Large Tablespoon, Paul Revere Jr., Boston, circa 1785
Lot Closed
January 22, 06:05 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
An American Silver Large Tablespoon, Paul Revere Jr., Boston, circa 1785
oval-ended, engraved with contemporary script monogram JSD, the bowl back with long drop
marked REVERE (Kane mark D) a third of the way down the handle
2 oz
62 g
length 8 7/8 in.
22.5 cm
Patricia Kane records a tablespoon with these initials illustrated in the Magazine Antiques December 1947 p 398 and a set of six with these initials at the Worcester Art Museum, 1965 no.24. Kane also lists a pair of sugar tongs of circa 1795 with initials ISD for James and Sarah (Templeton) Dunbar, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers, pp. 828-829.