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Sugar Tongs
Sugar Tongs
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Sugar Tongs

Artist (American, 1735–1818)
Date1773
Mediumsilver
Dimensions13.5 × 2.1 × 5.1 cm (5 5/16 × 13/16 × 2 in.)
ClassificationsMetalwork
MarkingsMark: PR in script in a rectangle, on both legs and inside top.
Credit LineGift of Paine Charitable Trust
Object number1965.336
Provenance1773, commissioned from the artist by Dr. William Paine [1750-1833], Worcester, MA, for his bride, Lois Orne; by descent in Paine family; Paine Charitable Trust; 1965, gifted to the Worcester Art Museum.
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