A silver coffee pot made by Paul Revere could be yours for $1.2 million
Original article written for The Washington Post
The exquisite coffee pot was made about 250 years ago, crafted out of 40 ounces of silver, formed and engraved by the finest silversmith in the American colonies.
It is a foot tall. It has a pine cone-style finial on the lid, a curved spout with a seashell motif, and, near the top, the maker’s mark: “Revere.”
In 1775, the year that Paul Revere galloped through the night to warn Massachusetts colonists that the British were coming, experts believe he may have made the elegant piece of silverware.
Now as the country marks the 250th anniversary of his ride and the start of the Revolutionary War next month, his rare silver pot has just gone up for sale: Price $1.2 million.
The piece, which from 1980 to 2014 was on display in Richmond’s Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, is being sold by M.S. Rau, a fine arts, antiques and jewelry dealer in New Orleans.
