Sugar Tongs
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1805
name: label: Maker
content: Andrew Demilt, American, active ca. 1805 – 1844
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Single piece of silver bent to form tongs with spoon-form grips, bright-cut on back with oval patera and guilloche bands, the patera with engraved initials "HMJ" script in center.
place: label: made in
content: New York, New York, USA
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1931-43-124
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: sugar tongs
label: Type
content: sugar tongs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 16.8 × 6.8 × 1.8 cm (6 5/8 × 2 11/16 × 11/16 in.)