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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 Kirk & Son (American, Baltimore, Maryland, active 1846 - 1979)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1927-1961
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm)
InscribedStamped on inside of tongs: "S. Kirk & Son Sterling". Monogrammed "TEC"
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number87.78
On View
Not on view
DescriptionPair of sugar tongs. Repousse pattern of flowers and leaves with bird-like claws to hold sugar cubes.

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