Sugar Tongs

CC0 Public Domain Designation

Arts of the Americas

1785–91

Joseph Richardson Jr.
American, 1752–1831
Nathaniel Richardson
American, 1754–1827
Philadelphia

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: Joseph Richardson Jr.
Title: Sugar Tongs
Place: Philadelphia (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: c. 1785–1791
Medium: Silver
Inscriptions: Marked "EP" at top of bow; "INR" in rectangle inside at top of bow
Dimensions: 14.9 × 5.4 cm (5 7/8 × 2 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of the Antiquarian Society through Pauline Seipp Armstrong
Reference Number: 1969.334
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David A. Hanks, “American Silver at The Art Institute of Chicago,” The Magazine Antiques Vol. 64 No. 2 (March, 1970), (ill.).
Calendar of the Art Institute of Chicago, March 1970, V. 64, No. 2, np (ill.).

Art Institute of Chicago, The Antiquarian Society: The First One Hundred Years, Apr. 23–June 19, 1977, cat.205.

With Joseph Davidson, Philadelphia, by 1960; sold to Frances Bartlett (Mrs. John W.), Aurora IL, 1960; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1969.

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