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Bow form with tapering straight arms having a rope turned pattern. Claw shaped curved tips.
sugar tongs
silver (metal)
sterling silver
spirals (geometric figures)
Silver
Sterling Silver
Spiral
TONGS, SUGAR
Struck on shank: Whiting Mfg. Co. [Whiting lion with the ""W"" impressed on the inner arm]. ""STERLING""
Used At Rundlet-May House,
Whiting Manufacturing Co. (Silversmith)
Providence, RI, USA
3.25 x 1 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1482
Rainwater, Dorothy T., Author. American Silver Manufacturers. EVERYBODYS PRESS, 1966.
Rhode Island (United States)
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