A SILVER CREAM JUG MADE FOR MOSES MICHAEL HAYS
Lot 74PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ERIC MARTIN WUNSCH

A SILVER CREAM JUG MADE FOR MOSES MICHAEL HAYS

MARK OF PAUL REVERE JR., BOSTON, 1783

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A SILVER CREAM JUG MADE FOR MOSES MICHAEL HAYS
MARK OF PAUL REVERE JR., BOSTON, 1783
Of inverted pear form, on circular foot with beaded borders, with gadrooned rim and double scroll handle, engraved beneath the spout with monogram MRH within foliate surround, marked near rim, also marked under base with accession number 734.1973
5 ¼ in. (13.1 cm.) high; 5 oz. (165 gr.)

Moses Michael Hays (1739-1805) and Rachel Myers Hays (1738-1810), Boston
Mark Bortman (1896-1967), collector, Boston
Jane Bortman Larus, daughter

Specialist note

This cream jug was recorded in Revere's Daybook on 5 February 1783 (see illustration, p. 40, and the note to the previous lot).