Creampot
1790–95
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 6 3/4 x 4 7/16 in. (17.1 x 11.3 cm); 5 oz. 10 dwt. (171.8 g) Base: 2 9/16 x 2 9/16 in. (6.5 x 6.5 cm)
Classification
Cream pot
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Frank V. Burton, 1967
Accession Number
67.83
About the Artist
Paul Revere Jr. · 1734–1818
Paul Revere Jr. (1734–1818), born in Boston's North End, was the son of French Huguenot silversmith Apollos Rivoire—also known as Paul Revere Sr.—and Deborah Hichborn, a member of a local artisan family. At age 13, he left school to apprentice under his father, mastering the intricate craft of silversmithing and engraving in the family shop, which he inherited upon his father's death in 1754. Reve...