BARBARA DRAKE BOEHM: Paul Revere Junior made this pair of silver sauceboats with scalloped rims, legs, and pouring spouts. You might remember the name Paul Revere as a leader of the patriot cause in the American Revolution. He made his famous midnight ride on April 18, 1775, to warn that British troops were marching toward Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts. Many people don’t know that the famous Paul Revere was actually Paul Revere Junior. Or that Paul Revere Senior taught his son the craft of a silversmith, making objects out of precious metals by hand. Revere made these sauceboats around 1765. A sauceboat—also called a butter boat—held sauces, gravy, or melted butter at the table. You picked one of these up by their curling handles, and poured the sauce from the curved lip at the other end. Colonial Americans used silver and gold as money. Naturally, anything made of silver represented wealth. Handcrafted silver tableware also represented good taste and education. These silver sauceboats functioned as useful objects, but they were also status symbols. They told your guests that you could afford to invest this much of your wealth just to beautify your dining table.