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Cann (one of a pair)
Formerly attributed to: Paul Revere, Jr. (American, 1734–1818)
1760–80, with later engraving and spurious mark
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Each: H. 5 5/8 in; diameter at lip: 3 1/2 in.; Diameter of foot: 3 3/8 in.; w. 6 in.; troy weight:: 14 oz 4 dwt 7 gr (442.1 gm) and 13 oz 17 dwt (430.8 gm).
Credit Line
Gift of Brian and Arlene Palmiter
Accession Number2001.849
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CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSilver hollowware
DescriptionRaised, gourd-shaped canns each have an applied rim and and splayed foot with foot rim. Cast, seamed, double-scrolled handle has leafy purchase.
Marks
Marked "[pellet] REVERE" within a rectangle; one double-struck.
InscriptionsIn script and in roman letters, engraved "Presented to / GENERAL NATHANIEL GREENE / By the Officers of his Command / as a token of their esteem / for his qualities both as an / officer and gentleman"
ProvenanceSaid to have been presented to Reviolutionary war General Nathanael Greene (1742-1786) and so engraved, although the engraving was probably added later; advertised for sale by the New York City dealer C.W. Lyon in December 1940; in the collection of a Mrs. Breyer of Philadelphia in the twentieth century; acquired about 1964 by Jesse M. Bontecou, Millbrook, New York; acquired from the Bontecou collection at an auction in Pleasant Valley, New York (near Millbrook), by the donor.