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Ladle
1765-85
Paul Revere Jr. (1734-1818)
USA: Massachusetts, Boston
Silver, wood
overall: 14 3/4 in x 4 3/4 in x 1 1/4 in
Loaned by the Grand Lodge of Masons in Massachusetts
GL2004.2088

Ladle comprised of silver bowl stamped "Revere" [Kane mark C] on inside and soldered to lower silver shaft; dark brown/black wooden turned handle fits into socket of lower shaft. Upper part of shaft (handle) missing ball at tip; lower part, near joint, has rough indentation where portion of wood has been damaged/lost.


Initiated as a Freemason in 1760, Paul Revere used his lodge connections to build his business. The first transaction recorded in his 1761 daybook is for a Masonic medal purchased by a member of the Lodge of St. Andrew. Revere also made several sets of Masonic officers' jewels. In addition to crafting silver goods for Masonic lodges and fellow Freemasons, Revere engraved and sold Masonic summonses and certificates. This ladle is one of two that were given to Saint Paul Lodge in Groton, Massachusetts, by member John Walton many years after Revere manufactured them.