Tongs

1779–86

John Murdock (American, 1748–1786)
Philadelphia

Status: On View, Gallery 168
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: John Murdock
Title: 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. 1779–1786
Medium: Silver
Inscriptions: impressed mark inside bow MURDOCK with indentation in rectangle,
Dimensions: 2 × 15.9 × 6.7 cm (13/16 × 6 1/4 × 2 5/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of the Antiquarian Society through the Mrs. Edwin A. Seipp Fund
Reference Number: 1981.8
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Milo M. Naeve, et al., A Decade of Decorative Arts: The Antiquarian Society of The Art Institute of Chicago, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 1986), 85, cat. 59 (ill.).

Art Institute of Chicago, A Decade of Decorative Arts: The Antiquarian Society of The Art Institute of Chicago, Nov. 12, 1986–Jan. 4, 1987, cat. 59.

With Carl N. Williams, New York, NY, by 1980; sold to the Art Institute, 1980.

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