Sugar tongs
Ebenezer Moulton
(American, 1768–1824)
about 1790
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueSilver
Dimensions14.92 cm (5 7/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Henry W. Cunningham
Accession number31.420
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSilver flatware
Collections
ProvenanceRuth Tufts (b. 1751), daughter of Simon and Ruth Tufts, m. Elijah Vose of Milton, Massachusetts, 1784; descended in the family to the donor.
mid-15th century
mid to late 19th century (before 1889)
mid to late 19th century (before 1889)
Early 19th century
late 18th century
early 18th century
late 15th century (?)
mid-14th–mid-15th century
second half of 14th–first third of 15th century
late 15th–early 16th century
mid-13th century
Late 19th century (before 1890)