Collection Highlights
Shrewsbury River, New Jersey
Date:
1859
Object Number:
S-229
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Luce Center
Sugar tongs
Object Number:
1942.274
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 1 7/8 x 1 in. ( 15.2 x 4.8 x 2.5 cm )
Marks:
engraved: on the arch: "Mc Martin" in script
Description:
silver bow-form sugar tongs with double-swell fiddle arms decorated with sheafs of wheat, flared shoulders and horizontal, elliptical grips; arch engraved, "Mc Martin" in script; no maker's marks.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Harriet MacMartin Richards
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
