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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1961.51
People
Paul Revere Jr., American (Boston, MA 1734 - 1818 Boston, MA)
Title
Porringer
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
c. 1762
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Massachusetts, Boston
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228128

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
4.8 x 20 x 13 cm, 283.5 g (1 7/8 x 7 7/8 x 5 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: On handle: WTB; opposite handle, on bowl, in script: Charles Shimmin Jeffries/from his /Grandmother Jeffries/Christmas Day,/1877. Mark, under handle, in rectangle: REVERE; Same mark, center of bowl, but "V" absent because over centering mark

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
James Howard Means, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1961.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dr. James H. Means
Accession Year
1961
Object Number
1961.51
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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