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Sugar Tongs

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1841

GUSN

GUSN-47903

Description

Silver sugar tongs with tapered arms, squared shoulders, and pointed oval bowls. Antique design.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Lias Brothers (Silversmith)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.640.6

Reference Notes

Culme, John, Author. Nineteenth Century Silver. Felthan, England: Hamlyn Publishing Group, 1977.

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