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Sugar tongs
Paul Revere, Jr. (American, 1734–1818)
about 1795–1800
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
14.6 cm (5 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Pauline Revere Thayer Collection
Accession Number35.1791
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSilver flatware
Marks
"REVERE" within a rectangle is stamped on the inside of tongs. Reserve is ragged underneath "EVE", leaving the letters "R" and final "E" more prominent.
ProvenanceJames Dunbar, m. Sarah Templeton, March 27, 1792; by 1920 their great-granddaughter, Eleanora Curtis, from whom the piece was bought by the collector Pauline Revere Thayer, who gave it to the Museum in 1935.