Lot Essay
The crest is that of Russell
This tablespoon is one of "12 Large Table Spoons 28oz. = 0" recorded in Revere's daybooks on September 1, 1781, along with other wedding silver made for Margaret Russell (1757-1789), who married John Codman on July 15, 1781. The account entry in Revere's Daybook illustrates the custom of wedding silver being purchased by the bride's father, Thomas Russell, and being engraved with the father's rather than the husband's crest, emphasizing that wedding silver remained the wife's personal property.
[photo caption "Thomas Russell's order of September 1, 1781, in Paul Revere's Waste Book, v.I., p.65"]
This tablespoon is one of "12 Large Table Spoons 28oz. = 0" recorded in Revere's daybooks on September 1, 1781, along with other wedding silver made for Margaret Russell (1757-1789), who married John Codman on July 15, 1781. The account entry in Revere's Daybook illustrates the custom of wedding silver being purchased by the bride's father, Thomas Russell, and being engraved with the father's rather than the husband's crest, emphasizing that wedding silver remained the wife's personal property.
[photo caption "Thomas Russell's order of September 1, 1781, in Paul Revere's Waste Book, v.I., p.65"]