Paul Revere Silver Sugar Tongs
date: label: date made
content: 1792
name: label: maker
content: Revere, Paul
notes: label: Description
content: This object is a sugar tong bearing the mark of Paul Revere’s silver shop. It is in bow form with tapering arms and acorn-shaped hollow tips. Wriggle work lines are etched into the outside border of the arms and bow, a cross-hatch pattern enclosing dots is on the cap of the acorn-shaped tips and wriggle work and a bright-cut eclipse enclosing an engraved crest is on the bow.
label: Description
content: Paul Revere Jr. trained with his father, Paul Revere Sr., in the silversmith trade. After his father’s death in 1754, the shop passed over to Revere Jr. It was a large and active shop where all manner of items were made or repaired. Revere also ran a very diverse business providing various services as well importing goods from overseas. In the post-war period, he greatly expanded his business services and brought his son into the business with him.
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: American Enterprise
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content: Domestic Furnishings
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Sewer, Andy; Allison, David; Liebhold, Peter; Davis, Nancy; Franz, Kathleen G.. American Enterprise: A History of Business in America
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Miss Anna Cornette Brastow
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.2211
label: catalog number
content: 60.2211
label: accession number
content: 131186
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tongs
label: Object Type
content: flatware
label: Object Type
content: tongs
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 6 in x 1 7/8 in; 3.175 cm x 15.24 cm x 4.7625 cm