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Hooped cann
Paul Revere, Jr. (American, 1734–1818)
1799
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 5 in. (12.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Hartt Family
Accession Number2006.2018
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSilver hollowware
Grateful Bostonians also presented this cann to Hartt, but-unlike the tea set, which was given in 1896-the cann remained in the Hartt family until 2006.
ProvenancePresented in 1799 to Edmund Hartt (d. 1824), Boston; to his son, Samuel Hartt; to his son, Samuel T. Hartt; to his son, William H. Hartt; to his son, Rear Admiral William H. Hartt, Jr., Portsmouth, Va.; to his son, William H. Hartt III, the current owner; 2006, given by the Hartt family to the MFA (Accession date: January 4, 2007).