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Sugar urn
Paul Revere, Jr. (American, 1734–1818)
about 1790
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 8.3cm (3 1/4in.)
Other (Overall): 10.6cm (4 3/16in.)
Overall: 25.7 cm (10 1/8 in.)
Other (Overall): 10.6cm (4 3/16in.)
Overall: 25.7 cm (10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Pauline Revere Thayer Collection
Accession Number35.1759
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CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSilver hollowware
This unmarked urn was made for Revere's family. It is probably the "1 silver sugar pot 14 oz" recorded in the 1818 probate inventory of Revere's estate.
Catalogue Raisonné
Buhler, 1972, No. 384
ProvenanceMade for Revere family use; Paul Revere's daughter Harriet (d. 1860); to H. Louisa Johnson; her brother William Henry Johnson; his eldest daughter Harriet Revere Johnson, 1892; her cousin, the donor, by 1909.