Paul revere teapot?

[jacon4]

Theres one now, a silver person! lol. Yeah, when Revere was operating in Boston, they did things the old fashioned way, no doubt. It wasnt until the industrial revolution in the 1850s or so that silver plate came along. Anothing thing, in England, there was a very powerful guild system (union system over here) and they prohibited the colonies from all kinds of stuff as they wanted to ship finished goods to the colonies, not raw materials. Foundries for instance were absolutely a big NO NO in the colonies, not only because of economic issues but political reasons as well, cannons were cast from brass and no telling where that could lead!

So how did Revere and other silversmiths in american colonies get around all this, they melted english & spanish silver coins for their silver  which is why american silver objects are known as "coin silver".

[jacon4]

Just did a quick google on auctions, Revere silver. Heres a piece of his work with his makers mark, it sold in 2010

http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/a-silver-quart-cann-mark-of-paul-5286719-details.aspx?pos=2&intObjectID=5286719&sid=&page=7

Wow, check out this paul revere tea set, it doesnt say how many ounces in all these pieces but it had to be very expensive back in the day

http://www.americanaweek.com/tag/paul-revere/

[joshman108]

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Thanks for all the awesome responses guys!
Heres the pictures, let me know if you need better ones, or just want to know what the markings say, but Im pretty sure I posted the markings on the first post.

If it's not revere anyone have an idea what it is?
She said someone followed her like it was something important.
Is plated silver ever worth any money though? I looked up plated gold pocket watches a while ago and it was nothing compared to solid.

Thanks!

[mart]

And you will find the same with this teapot !!  There were just too many made 20th century but some earlier ones can get  a few bucks !!  And as I said before,, if the base metal is copper it is both collectable and has melt value !! Copper ain`t cheap !!  This teapot appears very 20th century to me !!

[jacon4]

This is way off thread but goes to the value of metal in early american living. In 17th century Virginia, they passed a law in 1645 outlawing the burning of your house when you moved to a new location. Odd now to think that people did that back in the day, the reason? So they could recover the iron nails used to build the structure and take them when they moved. The law also stipulated that the govt would give the home owner an equal amount of nails that were used in the construction to prevent this arson.

http://www.gregorylefever.com/pdfs/Early%20Nails%202.pdf

[mart]

Well I never heard that before !! Today the nails are junk and we save the wood !!

[greenacres]

No it's the copper tubing in Phila., lol I laugh when we go to different areas and they'll leave windows open when they build. You leave the windows open in Phila. you'' loose a lot more than copper I'll have to read the article. My husband was a blacksmith when we first got married, That job will kill you. The graphite gets in your lungs and goes thru your clothes. Today you might as well burn your house when you move, it's not worth much anyway!