A SILVER SUGAR URN

ATTRIBUTED TO THE SHOP OF PAUL REVERE, JR., BOSTON, CIRCA 1811

Details

A SILVER SUGAR URN
ATTRIBUTED TO THE SHOP OF PAUL REVERE, JR., BOSTON, CIRCA 1811
Of fluted and panelled urn form on shaped oval base, the removable cover with urn finial, the body with bright-cut tassel and garland engraving, both sides engraved with script monogram LG, the foot and cover also with bright-cut engraving, the underside of base engraved circa 1923 with family provenance, apparently unmarked
9¼ in. high; 12 oz. 10 dwt.
Inscription on base: Louisa May (1778-1832) who married (1793) Benjamin Goddard (1766-1861) To Eleanor Goddard May 1916 to Frederick May Eliot and Elizabeth Lee Eliot, 1923

Provenance

Louisa May Goddard (1773-1832), married Benjamin Goddard (1766-1864) of Brookline, Massachusetts, in 1793; by descent to
Eleanor Goddard May, 1916
Frederick May Eliot, married Elizabeth Lee Eliot, 1923; by descent to the current generation

Lot Essay

The engraving on this sugar urn, with its five-stroke tassels suspending from tightly-entwined cords, is virtually identical to that on a cream-jug marked by Thomas Revere, Jr., nephew of Paul Revere (illustrated in Kathryn Buhler, American Silver in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,, p. 480, fig. 429).

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