Sold for:
$120,000
$120,000
Paul Revere, Jr. , Silver Cann, Boston, c. 1780, pear-shaped body with molded flared rim on molded circular splayed foot, double scroll hollow handle with acanthus leaf on upper handle and scroll terminal on the lower; the front engraved with a coat of arms, with maker's mark "P. REVERE" in a rectangle struck below rim near handle, the handle engraved with a monogram "GPA," the base engraved 14 oz., ht. 5 1/4 in., approx. 14 troy oz. Provenance: Family descent; estate of Charles P. Fisher. Literature: For similar maker's mark see Colonial Silversmiths and Jewelers , by Patricia E. Kane (Yale University Art Gallery, 1998), mark B, p. 795.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-10-27
