Sugar Tongs
Paul Revere, Jr.
(American, 1734–1818)
1795–1800
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueSilver
Dimensions12.7 cm (5 in.)
Credit LinePauline Revere Thayer Collection
Accession number35.1790
ClassificationsSilver flatware
ProvenanceSaid to have belonged to a Miss Legree, who married into the Johnson family; descended in the family to Margaret Brewer Johnson by 1870; purchased at a sale of her property by her daughter Mary Rogers (Johnson) Drew; her son Joseph N. Drew, from whom the piece was bought by the collector Pauline Revere Thayer; given by her to the Museum in 1935.
