Sugar tongs
Paul Revere, Jr.
(American, 1734–1818)
about 1795–1800
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueSilver
Dimensions14.6 cm (5 3/4 in.)
Credit LinePauline Revere Thayer Collection
Accession number35.1791
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSilver flatware
Collections
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.
