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One in pair of silver sugar tongs w/ claw talons. Fleur-de-lis design above talons. Smooth handles w/ rounded tip.
sugar tongs
silver (metal)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
talons
Silver
Claw
TONGS, SUGAR
Stamped on handle back: ""REED & BARTON 4""
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Reed & Barton (Maker)
Taunton, MA, USA
5.25 x 1.25 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.5533.2
Rainwater, Dorothy T., Author. American Silver Manufacturers. EVERYBODYS PRESS, 1966.
Massachusetts (United States)
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