This silver punch bowl from 1768 is partly to thank for American freedom. Crafted by Paul Revere, Jr. and commissioned by the Sons of Liberty, it boasts the names of the 92 members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives who refused to take back a letter protesting the Townshend Acts, which slapped taxes on products imported to the colonies from Britain, like glass, paper and tea. According to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, which now owns the piece, “This act of civil disobedience by the ‘Glorious Ninety-Two’ was a major step leading to the American Revolution.”
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