Tongs, Sugar
- Object Name:
- Tongs, Sugar
- Object ID:
- 1908.002.01
- Creator:
- Loring & Kendall
Silversmith ; Loring, William P.Silversmith ; Kendall, William B.Silversmith - Place of Origin:
- Haverhill, MA
- Date:
- 1817-1819
- Description:
- Sugar Tongs. Made by Loring & Kendall, Haverhill, MA; 1817-1819. Silver. Modified bow form; Convex bowed section with faceted and crimped edges. Tapered arms, pointed shoulders, and oval tips, oriented laterally. Uppercase feathered script initials "WSS" engraved on the back of handle. "C.A. Stickney" is engraved in upper- and lower-case script on the inner surface of the right-hand arm. There is an impressed mark on the inner surface of each arm: "L&K", in upper-case roman letters, within a serrated rectangle (one side is double-struck). Tag attached to the arm by a string reads: "Sugar Tongs belonged to Wm & Susanna Stickney. Gift of Catherine Ayers Stickney Ransom" (they were the grandparents of the donor).
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- L-6.5 D-2.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of a bequest of Stickney family items from Catharine Ayer Stickney Ransom (1831-1908) of Haverhill, MA. The tongs belonged to donor's grandparents, Susanna Emerson and William Stickney (1758-1828); William was a direct descendant of Col. Jeremiah Stickney (1702-1763), who moved the family from Bradford, MA, to Rumford (Concord), NH, in 1731. Tongs inscribed WSS, for William and Susanna Stickney, and C.A. Stickney, for the donor.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Catharine Ayer Stickney Ransom
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