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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 Charles F. Greenwood and Brother
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1851
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
InscribedStamped inside tongs: "C.F. Greenwood & Bro."
Credit LineGift of Miss Mary Land Leigh
Object number58.25.8
On View
Not on view
DescriptionShaped and tapered shafts ending in zoomorphic grippers in the form of three toed claws. Some floral and leafage in bright cut engraving.

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