Sugar urn
Paul Revere, Jr.
(American, 1734–1818)
about 1790
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueSilver
DimensionsOverall: 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 LinePauline Revere Thayer Collection
Accession number35.1759
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSilver hollowware
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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.
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.
Paul Revere, Jr.
