AMICA ID:
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MMA_.1990.226a-d
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Creator Name:
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Revere, Paul Jr.
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Creator Role:
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Maker
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1735-1818
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Made by Paul Revere, Jr.
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Title:
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Tea urn
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Title Type:
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Object name
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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1791
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Creation Start Date:
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1791
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Creation End Date:
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1791
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Materials and Techniques:
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Silver
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Classification Term:
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Silver, american
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Dimensions:
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22 x 10 3/4 in. (55.9 x 27.3 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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1990.226 a-d
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Credit Line:
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Purchase, The Annenberg Foundation Gift, Annette de la Renta, Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Goelet, Drue Heinz, and Henry R. Kravis Foundation Inc. Gifts, Friends of the American Wing Fund, Margaret Stearns Bequest, Mr. and Mrs. Anthony L. Geller and Herbert and Jeanine Coyne Foundation Gifts, Max H. Gluck Foundation Inc. Gift, in honor of Virginia and Leonard Marx, and Rogers, Louis V. Bell and Dodge Funds; and Gift of Elizabeth K. Rodiger, 1990
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Rights:
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Context:
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The urn is recorded in Revere's ledgers, where on April 20, 1791, a debit is charged to Mrs. Hannah Rowe for a silver tea urn weighing 111 ounces. It is the earliest and the largest of the three known tea or coffee urns by Revere. |
Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.ad1990.226.a-d.R.tif
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