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Session begins in
December 18, 03:00 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
Bid
900 USD
Lot Details
Description
a faithful copy of the original Liberty bowl, the base engraved This bowl is no. 4 of a world edition of 1776 copies of The Liberty Bowl originally produced by Paul Revere of Massachusetts now produced by Times Newspapers Ltd. 1976 to commemorate the bi-centenary of the American War of Independence 1776, marked on base
43 oz 5 dwt
1343.5 g
diameter 11 in.
27.9 cm
The original Sons of Liberty Bowl is in the collection of the MFA Boston. The Liberty Bowl honored ninety-two members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives who refused to rescind a letter sent throughout the colonies protesting the Townshend Acts (1767). This act of civil disobedience by the "Glorious Ninety-Two" was a major step leading to the American Revolution. The bowl was commissioned by fifteen members of the Sons of Liberty, a secret, revolutionary organization to which Revere belonged; their names are engraved on the bowl as are references to Englishman John Wilkes, whose writing in defense of liberty inspired American patriots.
Engraved below the rim: "Caleb Hopkins, Nathl barber, John White, Willm Mackay, Danl Malcom, Benjn Goodwin, John Welsh, Fortescue Vernon, Danl Parker, John Marston, Ichbod Jones, John Homer, Willm Bowes, Peter Boyer, Benja Cobb."
One side, in a circle with a scroll and foliated frame topped by a Liberty cap flanked by flags is engraved: "Magna/Charta" and "Bill of/Rights." Inside the circle is inscribed: "No45. /Wilkes & Liberty" over a torn page labeled "Generall/Warrants."
Engraved on the other side, a Liberty Cap in a wreath above leafy scrolls: "To the Memory of the glorious NINETY-TWO: Members/of the Honbl House of Representatives of the Massachusetts-Bay/who, undaunted by the insolent Menaces of Villains in Power/from a Strict Regard to Conscience, and the LIBERTIES/of their Constituents, on the 30th of June 1768 /Voted NOT TO RESCIND."