About the Artwork
Sugar tongs, scissors type
between 1740 and 1750
John Tanner
1713 - 1785
American
Unknown
Silver
Overall: 4 3/4 inches (12.1 cm)
Silver
American Art before 1950
Gift of Miss Margaret Gould
2012.108
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Engraved,on pivot: M C
Maker's mark, top of finger handle, in squarish oval: IT
Provenance
ca. 1930, formerly on long term loan
2012-present, found in the collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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John Tanner, Sugar tongs, scissors type, between 1740 and 1750, silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Miss Margaret Gould, 2012.108.
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