The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cann

Date:: 1783
Geography:: New England, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Culture:: American
Medium:: Silver
Dimensions:: Overall: 6 9/16 x 6 1/2 in. (16.7 x 16.5 cm); 22 oz. 7 dwt. (695 g) Lip: Diam. 4 in. (10.2 cm) Foot: Diam. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)
Classification:: Silver
Credit Line:: Sansbury-Mills Fund, 1958
Accession Number:: 58.3.5

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 750

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: engraved on body in interlaced script: EHED engraved on underside in shaded roman: D / E. H. E lightly scratched on underside: oz / 23 - 13

Marking: marked on body to left of handle: [pellet] REVERE (in rectangle)
Provenance

Elias Hasket Derby, Salem, Massachusetts; descended in the Derby family; Arthur Derby; James Graham and Sons, New York, until 1958
See also
Who
Paul Revere Jr. (68)
What
Metal (59,364)

Silver (14,056)

Drinking vessels (6,032)

Cups (3,861)

Canns (32)
Where
North and Central America (81,404)

United States (78,109)

Massachusetts (1,048)

Boston (439)
When
A.D. 1600-1800 (66,179)
In the Museum
American Decorative Arts (11,825)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
The United States, 1600–1800 A.D.