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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1929.248
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Sugar Tongs
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Sheffield Plate Sugar-Tongs
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Work Type
tongs
Date
19th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, Sheffield
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/231881

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver plate
Dimensions
48.26 x 1.27 cm (19 x 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
William L. R. Gifford; his gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1929.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William L. R. Gifford, Esq.
Accession Year
1929
Object Number
1929.248
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Scalloped edges with stamped edgework design

Verification Level

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