Teaspoon
Maker
Paul Revere
(1734-1818)
CultureAmerican
Date1795
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall: 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm)
InscribedMarked "REVERE" and "b" on back of stem, and engraved "SSP" in script.
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.817
Not on view
DescriptionSilver teaspoon; rather broad rounded tip bent back, long drop on oval bowl. Monogram in ellipse from bright-cut and dotted ribbon-tied swags with crossed branches below and bright-cutting with pendent design extending to bowl. This spoon is the same as a pair of teaspoons in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; there are also twelve of these teaspoons in the collection of the RW Norton Art Gallery, Shreveport, LA.Exhibition History"Silver from the Chrysler Museum," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, Decorative Arts Gallery, September 16, 1993-February 11, 1994. Published ReferencesKathryn C. Buhler, AMERICAN SILVER 1655-1825 IN THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Vol. II (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts), p. 448; AMERICAN SILVER AND PRESSED GLASS: A COLLECTION IN THE R. W. NORTON ART GALLERY, p. 24.
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