Tankard, ca. 1795, Made in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, American, Silver, Overall: 10 1/4 x 8 5/8 in. (26 x cm); 4

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Tankard, ca. 1795, Made in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, American, Silver, Overall: 10 1/4 x 8 5/8 in. (26 x cm); 42 oz. 4 dwt. ( g), Silver, Paul Revere Jr. (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1734–1818 Boston, Massachusetts), Mid-eighteenth-century Boston tankards tended to be tall and tapered, with domed covers and horizontal midbands. By the end of the century, when the vogue for these drinking vessels had begun to wane, they grew even taller, with a more exaggerated dome to the cover

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