Tea Urn
Paul Revere Jr. · 1791
Palette
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Details
- Artist
- Paul Revere Jr.
American, Boston, Massachusetts 1734–1818 Boston, Massachusetts - Date
- 1791
- Type
- Decorative arts & sculpture
- Medium
- Silver, ivory
- Size
- Overall: 22 1/4 x 10 5/8 x 10 3/8 in. (56.5 x 27 x 26.4 cm); 110 oz. 10 dwt. (3437.2 g) Body: H. 17 15/16 in. (45.6 cm); 88 oz. 9 dwt. (2750.9 g) Cover: 7 in. (17.8 cm); Diam. 6 in. (15.2 cm); 11 oz. 5 dwt. (350.7 g) Insert: H. 9 13/16 in. (24.9 cm); 10 oz. 15 dwt. (335.6 g)
- Place
- United States
- Period
- 18th century
- Main colour
- Grey · lightness 74, colourfulness 0
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 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 Dewar 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. Museum record.
Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0.
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