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Boardman reproduction

Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 7:30 pm
by alvin4life
Hi, I just bought this at melt value ,so I only looked if it said sterling when I get home I examine it and notice it said Paul Revere reproduction and I did some research and found that Paul Revere made a famous bowl for the revolution but that all the info I get all the web site I go to just take me to online store trying to sell reproduction can some one elaborate on the history of the original bowl or give me a link where I can go and read. Thanks

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Re: Boardman reproduction

Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 8:38 pm
by 2209patrick
Hello.

The original bowl was hand-crafted by Paul Revere in 1768. Called the "Liberty Bowl" it was engraved with the names of 15 members of the Sons of Liberty who commissioned it. It celebrated the "Glorious Ninety-Two", a vote of 92 to 17 in the Massachusetts Assembly to disobey the King's order and "not rescind" a letter produced and circulated among the colonies by that assembly. The letter was a protest against the British Ministry and suggested a united front against their policy of "taxation without representation." The original "Liberty Bowl" can be seen at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Pat.

Re: Boardman reproduction

Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 9:45 pm
by alvin4life
Thank you for the history of the Liberty Bowl.