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
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
