Museum Object Number1987.0018 |
Tongs (Sugar tongs)
Metals
Ineson-Bissell Collection
Museum purchase
B. & S. D. (Maker)
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
As per previous cataloguer: This object could have been made in Baltimore, MD.
1820-1840
1. Mark; Arm, interior; "B & S.D" stamped in a rectangle
2. Mark; Arm, interior; Eagle stamped in a circle
3. Mark; Arm, interior; "C" stamped in a circle
4. Inscription; Arm, exterior; "Brandywine" engraved
Silver
Engraved
6.732 (L) , 2.244 (W) , 2.2575 (Weight)
17.1 (L) , 5.7 (W) , 64 (Weight)
Text available soon.
[Book] Belden, Louise C. 1980 Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection. 506 p.
• An illustrated glossary of spoon terms, pp. 467-488