$25,000
Pair of Paul Revere, Jr. , Silver Casters, Boston, 1772, each with bud finial on pierced high-domed friction-fit lid, incised with five vertical panels engraved with a double-lined diamond pattern, cylindrical neck engraved with the crest of a hound courant, associated with Robert Treat Paine, on a pear-shaped body with circular stepped foot, ht. 5 1/2 in., approx. 8 troy oz. total. Provenance: Robert Treat Paine (March 11, 1731-May 11, 1814), Massachusetts lawyer and politician, prosecutor in the Boston Massacre trial, Massachusetts representative signer of the Declaration of Independence, Massachusetts state's first attorney general, and associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court; then by family descent to Charles P. Fisher, then the estate of Charles P. Fisher. Note: The casters correspond to an entry in Paul Revere's waste book dated January 9, 1772, which records the making and sale of a pair of casters to Robert Treat Paine. Fisher traced the ownership of the casters from the original entry in Revere's book to Robert Treat Paine's probate inventory and through his family line. Unmarked, the casters passed through the family for some years separated from the Revere association until Fisher re-discovered the pair in his mother's pantry. Through comparison of type, style, and weight and investigation of documentary evidence along with comparison to other marked, engraved Revere silver in the family's collection, he was able to confirm that this pa Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-10-27
