Tongs, Sugar
- Object Name:
- Tongs, Sugar
- Object ID:
- 1977.029.036
- Creator:
- Gerrish, Timothy (1756-1815)
- Place of Origin:
- Portsmouth, NH
- Date:
- 1800-1815
- Description:
- Sugar Tongs. Made by Timothy Gerrish (1756-1815), Portsmouth, NH; 1800-1815. Silver. Fin and fiddle tapered bows with narrow squared fins, and rectangular bowls with canted corners (very similar to 1977.029.081, marked A. Gerrish). "M" engraved on end of handle in feathered script, within an scalloped oval of bright-cut and wriggle work. Stamped on the interior of both arms: "T Ge[rrish]", in script, with pellet after the T, within a rectangle with rounded right corners.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.125 L-7.375 inches
- Provenance:
- From the New Hampshire silver collection of Richard F. Upton (1914-1996). Richard Upton served as the New Hampshire Historical Society's President, 1976-1980.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Richard F. Upton
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