Sugar Tongs
Manufacturer
Charles Branda
(American, early 19th Century)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1818
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
InscribedStamped inside: "C BRANDA" in a serrated rectangle twice.
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clay Hofheimer, II
Object number85.95
Not on view
DescriptionSpring type tongs. Fiddle shaped, ending in shell grips.Exhibition History"Place, Setting & Time: Early Tidewater Silver," Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum, Portsmouth, Va., May 27 - September 4, 2005. Published ReferencesGeorge Barton Cutten, THE SILVERSMITHS OF VIRGINIA TOGETHER WITH WATCHMAKERS AND JEWELERS FROM 1694 TO 1850, (The Deitz Press, Inc.: Richmond, VA, 1952), p. 87.
ca. 1860
19th century
ca. 1850-1860
