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Sugar Tongs

Sugar Tongs, ca. 1780

  • Hester Bateman, English, 1709-1794

Silver

  • Overall: 5 3/8 × 1 7/8 × 1/2 inches (13.7 × 4.8 × 1.3 cm)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Davis

F78.98

Department

European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Details

Mr. and Mrs. Keith Davis

1978-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Hester Bateman, Sugar Tongs, ca. 1780, silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Davis, F78.98.

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