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Lot Essay
This ladle is one of three known surviving pieces made for Paul and Rachel Revere for their personal use. The other two pieces both descended in the Revere family to Pauline Revere Thayer and are now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. One is a silver porringer, unmarked but attributed to Revere and engraved with an identical monogram PRR to that on this ladle. The other piece is a gold frame for a portrait miniature of Rachel Revere (illustrated here).
Both the present ladle and the identically-engraved porringer are listed in the inventory of Paul Revere's personal estate, dated June 18, 1818 (illustrated here).
A related Revere ladle with similar garland engraving is illustrated in Kathryn C. Buhler, American Silver 1655-1825 in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 1972, p. 417, fig. 366. Another Revere soup ladle sold in these Rooms, 18-19 January 2001, lot 338.
Both the present ladle and the identically-engraved porringer are listed in the inventory of Paul Revere's personal estate, dated June 18, 1818 (illustrated here).
A related Revere ladle with similar garland engraving is illustrated in Kathryn C. Buhler, American Silver 1655-1825 in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 1972, p. 417, fig. 366. Another Revere soup ladle sold in these Rooms, 18-19 January 2001, lot 338.