Porringer
1750–1800
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 1 3/8 x 6 9/16 in. (3.5 x 16.7 cm); 4 oz. 3 dwt. (129.7 g) Body: Diam. 4 1/16 in. (10.3 cm) Lip: Diam. 4 1/16 in. (10.3 cm)
Classification
Porringer
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
Accession Number
24.109.14
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...