Tongs, Sugar
- Object Name:
- Tongs, Sugar
- Object ID:
- 2015.027.32
- Creator:
- Jones, John B. (1782-1854)
Silversmith - Place of Origin:
- Boston, MA
- Date:
- circa 1821
- Description:
- Sugar Tongs. Made by John B. Jones (1782-1854), Boston, MA. Silver. Tapered handles with shells on sides, pointed fins, and oval shell tips. "MC" engraved in script on end. "J.B.JONES" stamped in rectangle on inside of handle.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-1.5 L-6.1 D-0.8 inches Weight-1.6 oz
- Provenance:
- Owned by Mary Chaplin Lamson (1802-1849) of Charlestown, MA. Part of the Perry-Dudley Family Archive and Shepard Collection.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Klaudia S. Shepard, Anne Shepard Bullis, and G. Dudley Shepard
- People:
- Lamson, Mary Chaplin (1802-1849)
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