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Tongs

(American (probably born in Hingham, MA), about 1746–1801)
about 1790
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueSilver
Dimensions16.2 x 6.3 cm (6 3/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
Credit LineA gift from the collection of Dr. Arthur DuBois Brundidge, Walden N.Y., and Northport, N.Y.
Accession number1981.425
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSilver flatware
Collections
InscriptionsEngraved "NAI" in sprigged script within a lozenge on the outside of bow, and "Pell." in script on arm of tongs. Ed: The name Pell is followed by a "."
ProvenanceOriginal owner unknown. Purchased from an unnamed source by the donor.
Caleb Beal
about 1778–90
Caleb Beal
about 1790
Caleb Warner
19th century
Conservation Status: After Treatment
George Caleb Bingham
1850
Isaac Anthony
about 1715
Samuel Drowne
about 1790
Samuel Drowne
about 1790
mid-19th century
Group shot: 10.88, 13.430, 13.566
1770–80
Spoon
Jacob Hurd
About 1725–30