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Sugar tongs
Sugar tongs, tin-plate, made from a rolled and shaped strip of metal, the sides pierced with a rectangular pattern of small diamonds, the grips pierced with a quatrefoil design; covered all over with a black japan which has mostly worn off, traces of decoration in silver to which the varnish has given a golden tinge, and also traces of red decoration.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 50153
Creation/Production
Allgood family
Date: 1790-1810 ca
Acquisition
Gift
Given by Capt. Leonard Twiston Davies
Measurements
Height (cm): 1.8
Length (cm): 13.7
Width (cm): 2.7
Height (in): 11
Length (in): 5
Width (in): 1
Techniques
cut
decoration
Applied Art
pierced
decoration
Applied Art
japanned
decoration
Applied Art
painted
decoration
Applied Art
Material
tin-plate
Location
In store
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