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Sugar Tongs

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1950-1890

GUSN

GUSN-316515

Description

Sugar tongs. Silver plate.

Details

Descriptive Terms

sugar tongs
silver (metal)
Tongs, Serving
Tongs, Sugar
Tongs, Sugar

Associated Building

Original To Sarah Orne Jewett House (South Berwick, Me.),

Additional Identification Number

1398.3

Maker

Possibly Sheffield

Location of Origin

England

Dimensions

5/8 x 1 3/8 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Anne Shepard Bullis, G. Dudley Shepard, and Klaudia S. Shepard

Accession Number

2015.161.3

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