AN AMERICAN SILVER TEAPOT, MARK OF PAUL REVERE JR., BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1797

AN AMERICAN SILVER TEAPOT
MARK OF PAUL REVERE JR., BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1797
Of vase shape raised on a reel-shaped foot, with slightly curved swan-neck spout, the hinged domed cover with ball finial, body engraved with contemporary foliate script monogram RRG on one side and SPG on the other, marked to foot rim with Kane mark C, underside of base scratched with weight 21.13 oz. making $21, cost $46-25, and Feb. 2 1799
8 ½ in. (21.5 cm.) high
22 oz. 10 dwt. (700 gr.) gross weight

Provenance

Rebecca Russell Gardner and Samuel Pickering Gardner, married 1797, to their son,
George Gardner, to his daughter,
Clara Gardner Brooks, to her daughter,
Helen Brooks Emmons, thence by descent,
Sotheby's, New York, 23-24 June 1994, lot 97.

PROPERTY FROM THE WESTERVELT COMPANY