A PAIR OF SILVER SUGAR TONGS

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A PAIR OF SILVER SUGAR TONGS
MAKER'S MARK OF PAUL REVERE II, BOSTON, CIRCA 1790

Spring-form, with shield-shaped tips, the borders with bright-cut chevron banding and roulettework, the hinge with oval reserve enclosing initials "GAD", marked REVERE in rectangle--5 3/8in. long
(10 dwt.) (2)

Provenance

Lot Essay

PROVENANCE
Gilbert and Anna Densh of Boston
Gilbert Densh ( - _ was

Revere's two surviving Daybooks, which serve as a partial record of his business, list two transactions with Capt. Gilbert Densh in 1782 and 1790 (vol. I, n.p., and vol. II, p. 89).