7-1782 (previous museum number (recataloged from))
Accession number:
Acc.1022
Description:
Beaker; sterling silver; circular with four corners; top has horizontal band of half sunflowers, wavy lines engraves around top; herald engraves in center with initials HB; base touchmark REVERE. Height: 9 cm; top diameter: 8 cm. Crafted between 1790-1818.
Donor:
Hearst Foundation, Inc.
Collection place:
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Maker or artist:
Paul Revere
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Materials:
Sterling silver
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Beakers (drinking vessels)
Function:
1.5 Household
Production date:
1790-1818
Context of use:
Federal Period with Heppelwhite motifs; noted for high excellence of bright-cut engraving; rare shape.
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Loans:
S1974-1975 #113: Oregon Historical Society (June 17, 1975–February 28, 1977) and S1981-1982 #27: Wine Museum of San Francisco (December 15, 1981–December 6, 1982)