Teapot (with Stand)

Artist Paul Revere American, 1735–1818

Date1785–1790

Mediumsilver and wood

Dimensions10.5 x 13.8 x 10 x 26.7 cm (4 1/8 x 5 7/16 x 3 15/16 x 10 1/2 in.)

ClassificationsMetalwork

Markingson bottom of stand and double-struck on bottom of teapot, '.REVERE' in rectangle

Credit LineGift of The Paul Revere Life Insurance Company, a subsidiary of UnumProvident Corporation

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Object number1999.454.1

Descriptionelliptical paneled sides seamed under handle, finial is an elliptical cone. straight tapering spout, bright cut and engraved borders of dotted rosettes and delicate scallops on bodyProvenanceformerly of Mrs. Thomas Reynolds granddaughter of Sara K. Hobbie; pot is thought to have descended to the daughter of the original owners, Martha Henshaw who married Isaac Chapman Bates, U.S. Senator 1841-1845; their daughter Theresa married Lewis J. Dudley, their daughter Etta Theresa Bates Dudley married Wallace Holbrook Krause; their daughter Sarah, married Edward Hobbie and on her death the teapot went to Edward Henshaw Hobbie and Frances Theresa Hobbie, she later married Edwin K. Abbott and they were parents of Mrs. Thomas H. Reynolds of Wayland.
4/5/1958 - purchased by the Paul Revere Life Insurance Company (UnumProvident) from Frances A. Reynolds of Wayland, MA
Alvertus D. Morse

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