Description:
Two Coin Silver Tablespoons, Paul Revere, Jr., Boston, c. 1800, each with oval bowl and downturned coffin handle with engraved "AH" monogram and "REVERE" maker's mark, lg. 9 in., approx. 4 troy oz. total.
Literature: Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers, by Patricia E. Kane et al. (New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Art Gallery, 1998),p. 795, the spoons bear Paul Revere, Jr.'s maker's mark similar to examples C and D; see p. 833 which lists two tablespoons with the engraved monograms "AH" and referenced by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in 1906, no. 266 and 267.
Estimate $3,000-5,000
Both bowls have a slight loss at the tip one a little dented at the rear of the bowl and a couple small dents in the center of one bowl.
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