Sugar Tongs

Provenance

With Joseph Davidson, Philadelphia, by 1960; sold to Frances Bartlett (Mrs. John W.), Aurora IL, 1960; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1969.

Sugar Tongs

Joseph Richardson Jr.

1785–91

Accession Number

31822

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

14.9 × 5.4 cm (5 7/8 × 2 1/8 in.)

Classification

utensil for serving food

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of the Antiquarian Society through Pauline Seipp Armstrong