2004.0066.065 tongs
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Tongs (Sugar tongs)

  • Category:

    Metals

  • Creator (Role):

    Daniel Neall (Maker)

  • Place of Origin:

    Milford, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1809-1811

  • Materials:

    Silver

  • Techniques:

    Engraved

  • Museum Object Number:

    2004.0066.065


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Object Number

2004.0066.065

Object Name

Tongs (Sugar tongs)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Richard C. Weiss, D.M.D. and Sandra R. Harmon-Weiss, M.D.

Creator (Role)

Daniel Neall (Maker)
1784-1846
Biographical information from Louise Conway Belden. Marks of American Silversmiths; In the Ineson-Bissell Collection. Charlottesville, University of Virginia Press, 1980. Received medal in 1823 for vertical printing press in Philadelphia.

Place of Origin

Milford, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1809-1811

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Arm, interior; "D. NEALL" stamped in a rectangle
2. Mark; Arm, interior; "D. NEALL" stamped in a rectangle
3. Inscription; Bow, exterior; "MW" engraved

Materials

Silver

Techniques

Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

5.906 (L) , 1.772 (W) , 0.945 (D) , 1.3757 (Weight)

Dimensions (centimeters)

15 (L) , 4.5 (W) , 2.4 (D) , 39 (Weight)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[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