MARK OF PAUL REVERE, PROBABLY JR., BOSTON, CIRCA 1775

Details

A SILVER TWO-HANDLED CUP
MARK OF PAUL REVERE, PROBABLY JR., BOSTON, CIRCA 1775
Cylindrical, on circular foot, the body with slightly everted rim and two scroll handles, the body engraved with crest and monogram WHW, engraved under base with block initials HC, marked under base
3¼in. high; 3oz.

Provenance

James Graham & Sons, New York, 1957
Collection of Joseph H. Kler, M.D. (1903-1983), Bound Brook, New Jersey

Literature

Patricia Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers, 1998, p. 844., attributed to Paul Revere, Jr.

Lot Essay

The crest is that of Winslow.

The later script initials are those of Warren H. Winslow (1810-1862), a member of Congress from 1855-61 and Governor of North Carolina.

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