About This Artwork

Thomas Edwards
American, 1701-1755

Whistle and Bells with Coral, c. 1722

Silver and coral
11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.)
Maker's mark of Roman capitals in rectangle at end near coral: "TE"
Gift of the Antiquarian Society through Mrs. J. Odgen Armour, 1943.1064

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, "Paul Revere's Boston: 1735-1818," April 18-October 12, 1975, no. 109, (ill.)

Art Institute, "The Antiquarian Society of the Art Institute of Chicago, the First One Hundred Years," April 23-June 19, no. 174 (ill.)

Publication History

Michael Clayton, "The Collector's Dictionary of the Silver and Gold of Great Britain and North America," (World Publishing Company) 1971, no. 424.

Anita Gold, "Rattles once a Plaything of Cutthroats and Kings," Chicago Tribune, July 21, 1974, p. 8.

Jonathan L. Fairbanks, "Paul Revere's Boston: 1735-1818," (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) 1975, no. 109 (ill.).