Sugar Tongs

Provenance

Prudence (Mrs. John) Chace (sic) (1759–1836), Providence, by 1836; by descent to Miss F. L. Chace, La Grange, IL, by 1949; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1949.

Sugar Tongs

John Tanner

1741–75

Accession Number

64677

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

10.5 × 4.1 × 1.2 cm (4 1/8 × 1 5/8 × 1/2 in.)

Classification

utensil for serving food

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of the Antiquarian Society through Mrs. James C. Hutchins Jr.