Creampot
Artist
Paul Revere
(American, 1735–1818)
Dateabout 1800
Mediumsilver
Dimensionsincluding handle: 13 cm (5 1/8 in.)
ClassificationsMetalwork
Markingsat center point on bottom, 'REVERE'
Credit LineGift of The Paul Revere Life Insurance Company, a subsidiary of UnumProvident Corporation
Object number1999.490
Descriptionbarrel shape, reeded strap handle, decoration of sunbursts in demi-lunettes with swags below; wide band of dotted uprights, tops joined with scallops, simulating fluting at the baseProvenanceKing Hooper Sale, National Art Gallery, 1931 (attributed ownership to William Dawes); Lansdell K. Christie Sale, Parke-Bernet Gallery; from Israel Sack, 1962 5/17/1968 - purchased by the Paul Revere Life Insurance Company (UnumProvident) from Firestone & Parson, Boston, MA at Parke-Bernet Auction.
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late 1700s-early 1800s
