Sugar Tongs

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of the Americas

Artist

Abraham Voorhees

Title

Sugar Tongs

Place

New Brunswick (Artist's nationality:)

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c. 1835–1840

Medium

Silver

Inscriptions

marked inside shaft: "A. VOORHEES" in Roman capitals

Dimensions

16.5 × 5 × 2.5 cm (6 1/2 × 2 × 1 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne

Reference Number

1939.80

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