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Snuff Box from Cowrie Shell
Snuff Box from Cowrie Shell
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Snuff Box from Cowrie Shell

Artist (American, 1735–1818)
Date1760–1770
Mediumsilver and cowry shell
ClassificationsMetalwork
Markingsinside cover, '.REVERE' in rectangle
Credit LineGift of The Paul Revere Life Insurance Company, a subsidiary of UnumProvident Corporation
Object number1999.491
Provenanceformerly of Philip H. Hammerslough 5/17/1968 - purchased by the Paul Revere Life Insurance Company (UnumProvident) from Firestone & Parson, Boston, MA.
On View
Not on view
Porringer
Paul Revere
1755–1818
Cream Pot
Paul Revere, Sr.
18th century
Pair of "Coffin-Handled" Spoons
Paul Revere
mid-late 1700s
1937.55, 1937.56.1-.2, 1937.57–58, 1959.105, 1963.336.1, 1965.337, 1967.57
Paul Revere
1773
Conservation Status: After Treatment
Paul Revere, Sr.
1722–1754
Large Spoon
Paul Revere
1773
Large Spoon
Paul Revere
1773