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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.1961
People
Paul Revere Jr., American (Boston, MA 1734 - 1818 Boston, MA)
Title
Salver
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1761
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Massachusetts, Boston
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/232771

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
5.1 x 32.4 cm (2 x 12 3/4 in.)
779.6 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Mark: "Revere" in rectangle on bottom
    Engraved, bottom, with the Tyng arms in rocaille cartouche, within a laurel wreath and with words: The Gift of James Tyng to his sister Sarah Tyng 1761.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Loan from Harvard University; Gift of John P. Marquand, Class of 1915, in 1961
Object Number
1.1961
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Christie's Catalogue, London, Exhibition of American Silver and Art Treasures, auct. cat. (London, 1960), p. 30, no. 70

Exhibition History

  • The New England Silversmith, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, 10/23/1965 - 11/28/1965
  • 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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