Lot Essay
This cream jug was recorded in Revere's Daybook on 5 February 1783 (see illustration, p. 40, and the note to the previous lot).
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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ERIC MARTIN WUNSCH
A SILVER CREAM JUG MADE FOR MOSES MICHAEL HAYS
MARK OF PAUL REVERE JR., BOSTON, 1783
Details
A SILVER CREAM JUG MADE FOR MOSES MICHAEL HAYS
MARK OF PAUL REVERE JR., BOSTON, 1783
Of inverted pear form, on circular foot with beaded borders, with gadrooned rim and double scroll handle, engraved beneath the spout with monogram MRH within foliate surround, marked near rim, also marked under base with accession number 734.1973
5 ¼ in. (13.1 cm.) high; 5 oz. (165 gr.)
MARK OF PAUL REVERE JR., BOSTON, 1783
Of inverted pear form, on circular foot with beaded borders, with gadrooned rim and double scroll handle, engraved beneath the spout with monogram MRH within foliate surround, marked near rim, also marked under base with accession number 734.1973
5 ¼ in. (13.1 cm.) high; 5 oz. (165 gr.)
Provenance
Moses Michael Hays (1739-1805) and Rachel Myers Hays (1738-1810), Boston
Mark Bortman (1896-1967), collector, Boston
Jane Bortman Larus, daughter
Mark Bortman (1896-1967), collector, Boston
Jane Bortman Larus, daughter
Literature
Kathryn C. Buhler, American Silver, 1950, illus. pl. 6
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Early American Jewish Portraits and Silver, 1953, no. 50
Jane Bortman, "Moses Hays and his Revere Silver," The Magazine Antiques, October 1954, pp. 304-305, illus. p. 304
Smith College Museum of Art, Early New England Silver, 1958, no. 25, p. 23
English Speaking Union, American Silver and Art Treasures; An Exhibition Sponsored by the English-Speaking Union and Held at Christie's Great Rooms, 1960, no. 73, p. 30
Jonathan Fairbanks, Paul Revere's Boston, 1735-1818, 1975, no. 288-89, pp. 186-87
Patricia Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers, 1998, p. 813
Jeannine Falino and Gerald W.R. Ward, New England Silver and Silversmithing: 1620-1815, 2001, p.169
Jeannine Falino and Gerald W.R. Ward, Silver in the Americas, 1600-2000, American Silver in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2008, pp. 204, 224
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Early American Jewish Portraits and Silver, 1953, no. 50
Jane Bortman, "Moses Hays and his Revere Silver," The Magazine Antiques, October 1954, pp. 304-305, illus. p. 304
Smith College Museum of Art, Early New England Silver, 1958, no. 25, p. 23
English Speaking Union, American Silver and Art Treasures; An Exhibition Sponsored by the English-Speaking Union and Held at Christie's Great Rooms, 1960, no. 73, p. 30
Jonathan Fairbanks, Paul Revere's Boston, 1735-1818, 1975, no. 288-89, pp. 186-87
Patricia Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers, 1998, p. 813
Jeannine Falino and Gerald W.R. Ward, New England Silver and Silversmithing: 1620-1815, 2001, p.169
Jeannine Falino and Gerald W.R. Ward, Silver in the Americas, 1600-2000, American Silver in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2008, pp. 204, 224
Exhibited
"Early American Jewish Portraits and Silver," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1953, no. 50
"Early NEw England Silver," Smith College Museum of Art, 1958, no. 25
"American Silver and Art Treasures: An Exhibition sponsored by the English-Speaking Union and held at Christie's Great Rooms," English Speaking Union, 1960, no. 73
"Early NEw England Silver," Smith College Museum of Art, 1958, no. 25
"American Silver and Art Treasures: An Exhibition sponsored by the English-Speaking Union and held at Christie's Great Rooms," English Speaking Union, 1960, no. 73
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