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Tongs (Sugar tongs)
John B. Jones Jr.
1809-1841
Category
Metals
Creator/Artist/Maker
John B. Jones Jr. (Maker)
Place of Origin
Boston; Massachusetts; Suffolk; New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Silver
Museum Object Number
1983.0244.051
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Vincent H. Beckman in memory of Elizabeth Desloge Beckman
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Object Number
1983.0244.051
Object Name
Tongs (Sugar tongs)
Category
Metals - Ineson-Bissell Collection
Creator (Role)
John B. Jones Jr. (Maker)
Place of Origin
Boston; Massachusetts; Suffolk; New England; United States; North America
Date
1809-1841
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Inscription: JONES, JOHN B.
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Silver
Dimensions (inches)
6 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
15.24 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Belden, Louise C. 1980 Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection. 506 p.
• Similar mark with dating information, p. 252, Fig. bBook: Belden, Louise C. 1980 Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection. 506 p.
• An illustrated glossary of spoon terms, pp. 467-488Book: Flynt, Henry N. & Fales, Martha Gandy. 1968 The Heritage Collection of Silver: With Biographical Sketches of New England Silversmiths, 1625-1825. 391 p.
• Information on John B. Jones Jr. p. 260Book: Currier, Ernest M. 1938 Marks of Early American Silversmiths: With Notes on Silver, Spoon Types & List of New York City Silversmiths 1815-1841. 179 p.
• Information on John B. Jones Jr. p. 80Book: Rainwater, Dorothy T. & Redfield, Judy. 1998 Encyclopedia of American Silver Manufacturers. 418 p.
• Chronology of the Shreve, Crump & Low Co. Inc., p. 307