GENERAL DESCRIPTION
In the mid-19th century, the rediscovery of the United States' colonial past led to a vogue for replicas and adaptations of of 18th-century prototypes. This coffeepot, attributed to William Gale and Son, is part of a nine piece tea and coffee service based on Neoclassical wares produced by Paul Revere, Jr. and his contemporaries a century earlier. The firm reinterpreted rather than imitated Revere's designs, maintaining yet elongating the basic fluted shapes and applying bright-cut engraved decoration more liberally.
Drawn from
- DMA unpublished material.
- Barbara McLean Ward & Gerald W. R. Ward. Silver in American Life: Selections from the Mabel Brasy Garvan and Other Collections at Yale University (Boston: D.R. Godine, 1979), 173.
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TMS Update - GeoXrefs - place of origin and retailed in for 1989.21.1-9 - JBA 10/16/2017
Updated sources and wrote rule - 9/1 (JBA)
I edited, updated, or entered the Provenance, Exhibition History, Bibliography, and Published References fields in TMS.
I added the following as a TMS Text Entry: Charles L. Venable, Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art; New York, New York; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994), 328.
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Until 1989: Phyllis Tucker Antiques (Phyllis Tucker), Houston, Texas
From 1989: Dallas Museum of Art
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- Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read a biography of Paul Revere, Jr., the silversmith whose work inspired this William Gale & Son tea and coffee service.
- Metropolitan Museum of Art~View a fluted and bright-cut teapot designed by by Paul Revere, Jr.
- Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about Nineteenth-Century American Silver.
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General Description
In the mid-19th century, the rediscovery of the United States' colonial past led to a vogue for replicas and adaptations of of 18th-century prototypes. This coffeepot, attributed to William Gale and Son, is part of a nine piece tea and coffee service based on Neoclassical wares produced by Paul Revere, Jr. and his contemporaries a century earlier. The firm reinterpreted rather than imitated Revere's designs, maintaining yet elongating the basic fluted shapes and applying bright-cut engraved decoration more liberally.
Drawn from
- DMA unpublished material.
- Barbara McLean Ward & Gerald W. R. Ward. Silver in American Life: Selections from the Mabel Brasy Garvan and Other Collections at Yale University (Boston: D.R. Godine, 1979), 173.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
- Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read a biography of Paul Revere, Jr., the silversmith whose work inspired this William Gale & Son tea and coffee service.
- Metropolitan Museum of Art~View a fluted and bright-cut teapot designed by by Paul Revere, Jr.
- Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about Nineteenth-Century American Silver.
Notes
TMS Update - GeoXrefs - place of origin and retailed in for 1989.21.1-9 - JBA 10/16/2017
Updated sources and wrote rule - 9/1 (JBA)
I edited, updated, or entered the Provenance, Exhibition History, Bibliography, and Published References fields in TMS.
I added the following as a TMS Text Entry: Charles L. Venable, Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art; New York, New York; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994), 328.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Until 1989: Phyllis Tucker Antiques (Phyllis Tucker), Houston, Texas
From 1989: Dallas Museum of Art
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