Tongs, Sugar
- Object Name:
- Tongs, Sugar
- Object ID:
- 1969.005.097
- Creator:
- Harding, Newell (1799-1862)
Silversmith - Place of Origin:
- Boston, MA
- Date:
- 1821-1830
- Description:
- Sugar Tongs. Made by Newell Harding (1799-1862), Boston, MA; 1821-1830; Silver. Slightly convex bow; arms of same width at top as bow, narrow abruptly about 2" from nippers, rounded shoulders above oval nippers, oriented laterally. Script initials "CLT" engraved on outer surface of one arm. Impressed mark on inner surface of each arm: "N. Harding," in upper- and lower-case Italic letters within a pointed banner.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-0.9 L-5.875 D-2.375 inches
- Provenance:
- The Josiah Abbott Dadmun (1840-c.1925) and Susan Dadmun (1844-c.1934) Collection is a bequest of their daughter, Helen I. Dadmun (Mrs. Frank C.) Doble (1881-1969). Mrs. Doble's bequest includes: "my collection of early American sterling silver spoons." Other items in the collection include: New Hampshire and other silver, wallpaper samples, fans, personal items, and birchbark pictures made by E. H. Merrill.
- Credit Line:
- Josiah Abbott Dadmun and Susan Dadmun Collections, Bequest of Helen I. Dadmun Doble
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