Sons of Liberty Bowl
Paul Revere’s silver bowl honouring the 92 members of the Massachusetts assembly who refused to obey the British crown.
In 1768, 92 members of the Massachusetts House refused to rescind a letter protesting British taxes. Fifteen members of the Sons of Liberty commissioned a bowl from the silversmith Paul Revere in their honour.
The bowl is counted among the most important objects in American history and is in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Revere later became famous for his midnight ride of 1775.
Materials: Silver
Manufacture: Raised and engraved in Paul Revere’s workshop in Boston.
The simple, rounded form after Chinese porcelain bowls.
Engraved inscriptions and symbols of liberty.
Revere’s mark REVERE in a frame.