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Lot Essay
The engraved names refer to a grandmother and grandson of the prominent Paul family of Philadelphia. Elizabeth Rodman (1774-1835) married James Paul (1770-1839), a merchant trader to China and the East Indies, in 1797. He was disowned by the Society of Friends in 1794 for joining military forces which suppressed the "Whiskey Insurrection."
Lawrence Taylor Paul (b. 1854) was the grandson of Elizabeth Rodman Paul. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and became a civil engineer. His father, James William Paul (1816-1897), married Hannah Clement Bunker (1820-1891) in 1841. The Clements family crest is engraved on the front of the sugar urn. (Historic Families of America, Henry A. Paul Collection, The Historical Society of Pennsylvania)
Lawrence Taylor Paul (b. 1854) was the grandson of Elizabeth Rodman Paul. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and became a civil engineer. His father, James William Paul (1816-1897), married Hannah Clement Bunker (1820-1891) in 1841. The Clements family crest is engraved on the front of the sugar urn. (Historic Families of America, Henry A. Paul Collection, The Historical Society of Pennsylvania)