* A Rare and Important American Gold Thimble, attributed to paul revere jr., boston, ma, circa 1805, seamed, with slightly tapering tall sides and a molded rim, engraved with script initals LD, and with incised band below wrought domed top, apparently unmarked. Height 1 1/8 inches. Estimate $ 8,000-12,000 Provenance: Christie's New York, January 19, 1990, Lot 219 A nearly identical gold thimble also attributed to Paul Revere Jr., and engraved with the name of his daughter Maria Revere Balestier, is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and is illustrated in Kathryn C. Buhler, American Silver 1655-1825 in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Vol II, 1972, No. 423, p. 472. That thimble and the present thimble are the only two surviving thimbles attributed to Paul Revere Jr. Patricia Kane, in her directory Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers, lists only four surviving attributed Massachusetts thimbles. Of these four, three are in the collections of Yale University Art Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and The Historical Society of York County, PA, making this the only attributed Massachusetts thimble in private ownership.
* A Rare and Important American Gold Thimble, attributed to paul revere jr., boston, ma, circa 1805, seamed, with slightly tapering tall sides and a molded rim, engraved with script initals LD, and with incised band below wrought domed top, apparently unmarked. Height 1 1/8 inches. Estimate $ 8,000-12,000 Provenance: Christie's New York, January 19, 1990, Lot 219 A nearly identical gold thimble also attributed to Paul Revere Jr., and engraved with the name of his daughter Maria Revere Balestier, is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and is illustrated in Kathryn C. Buhler, American Silver 1655-1825 in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Vol II, 1972, No. 423, p. 472. That thimble and the present thimble are the only two surviving thimbles attributed to Paul Revere Jr. Patricia Kane, in her directory Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers, lists only four surviving attributed Massachusetts thimbles. Of these four, three are in the collections of Yale University Art Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and The Historical Society of York County, PA, making this the only attributed Massachusetts thimble in private ownership.
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