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$150,000 - $200,000

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Set of six silver tablespoons, circa 1790-1800, each containing slightly more than two ounces of silver and measuring 1.75 x 9. All spoons feature the monogram "DMS" in foliate script initials on the downturned rounded-end handle, and an engraved "Revere" on the reverse of each stem. The initials are those of a prominent colonial Massachusetts couple, Daniel Sargent and Mary Turner Sargent, and the set comes housed in a cloth S. J. Shrubsole silverware sleeve. In fine condition, with some expected trivial scuffing.Paul Revere was, first and foremost, a celebrated silversmith. This particular set was specifically commissioned for Daniel and Mary Turner Sargent, both of whom left their mark on Massachusetts. Sargent heralded from a family rich with affluent Boston merchants and ship owners; he would go on to lead the effort in the construction of Long Wharf, serve in the Massachusetts state legislature and senate, and was the first captain in the Boston Light Infantry. His wife, Mary Turner Sargent, was born in Salem and resided in the home that inspired Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1851 novel, The House of Seven Gables; she was also the subject of a famed 1763 John Singleton Copley oil portrait. Her portrait now resides in the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, a gift from John D. Rockefeller III. Together, the Sargents would create a legacy of seven children, including celebrated writers Henry Sargent and Lucius Manlius Sargent.This coveted set of spoons originate from noted silversmith George Gebelein, an avid admirer and collector of Revere's silver work, who acquired them in 1938. A matching set of six spoons of this caliber and condition is exceptionally rare, especially those bearing such exemplary provenance that have traveled together for 220 years.