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Italian Cup – Stem & Base (Silver and Gold with Marble Base) With or without Lids.  Add $15 for Lid

Italian Cup Stem & Base (Silver and Gold with Marble Base)

Bases cost extra (Walnut or Black). Silver or Gold Revere Bowls with attachment device to attach to base. From Marco (Shipping Charges Apply)
The beginnings

When the U.S. remained a colony, the British parliament passed the Townsend Acts. These laws enacted import taxes to finance the defense of the colonies against the French and various Native American tribes. Colonial governments were unamused because, despite being informed otherwise, the import taxes applied to tea.

In 1768, Samuel Adams and James Otis drafted a resolution in the Massachusetts Assembly that was eventually adopted by the other 13 colonial assemblies. The resolution called out parliament because it did not directly represent the colonies, since colonists were not allowed to vote for representatives.

The Royal Secretary of the Colonies called in the Royal Governor of Massachusetts and asked him to dissolve the elected assembly. He refused that order. Instead, he put the matter to a vote, where it came out 92 to 17 against overturning the resolution.

Paul Revere was a silversmith and member of the Sons of Liberty, a patriotic drinking society. To commemorate the 92 votes in favor of the resolution, he was commissioned by that organization to create a silver bowl. Called the Liberty Bowl, Revere engraved the names of the Sons of Liberty members who voted against rescinding the resolution and added the numbers 45 and 92 to the bowl. The design was inspired by commemorative porcelain bowls made in China.

Eventually, the design received the name “Revere bowl.” The original Liberty Bowl remains in the Museum of Fine Arts of Boston.