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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Sugar tongs
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Sugar tongs

Manufacturer Samuel Williamson (British, 1792-1840)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1810
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
InscribedStamped "S.W." inside tongs. The initials "JBJ" are engraved in script also.
Credit LineGift of Miss Mary Land Leigh
Object number58.25.501
Not on view
DescriptionPlain shaped tongs with a tapered shaft ending in acorn-shaped ends. Some bright cut engraving and the initials "JBJ" in script.

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