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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1927.2.A-B
People
Paul Revere Jr., American (Boston, MA 1734 - 1818 Boston, MA)
Title
Caster
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1790-1800
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Massachusetts, Boston
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/227591

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
15.2 x 4.8 x 5.1 cm (6 x 1 7/8 x 2 in.)
bottom: 9.2 x 4.8 x 4.8 cm (3 5/8 x 1 7/8 x 1 7/8 in.)
caster top: 6 x 5.1 cm (2 3/8 x 2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Inscribed under base [scratched in]: EW to LW. Mark, corner of bottom of base: PR (script capitals in rectangle for Paul Revere of Boston); corner of bottom of base, mark like script H[?]; corner of bottom of base, illegible mark.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mrs. Ernest G. Stillman.
Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1927.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Ernest G. Stillman
Accession Year
1927
Object Number
1927.2.A-B
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Engraved in oval on body: striding moorcock, pattern of garland of flowers and urn. At foot, floral pattern at each corner, with geometric linear design. Pair with 1927.1.A-B; set with 1927.3-.5.

Publication History

  • Kenyon Castle Bolton, III, Peter G. Huenink, Earl A. Powell III, Harry Z. Rand, and Nanette C. Sexton, American Art at Harvard, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1972), cat. 175, ill.

Exhibition History

  • American Art at Harvard, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/19/1972 - 06/18/1972
  • Paul Revere, Artisan, Businessman and Patriot: the Man Behind the Myth, Museum of Our National Heritage, Lexington, 04/17/1988 - 03/19/1989

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