Tong

Museum number:
7-5959
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
2216 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Sugar tongs, silver; shell motifs in relief, hallmarks, word "Elkington" (maker?) 12.7 centimeters long.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
England
Verbatim coll. place:
England Attributed
Collector:
Walter Perry Johnson
Collection date:
pre-1948
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tong, accession number 7-5959, described as Sugar tongs, silver; shell motifs in relief, hallmarks, word "Elkington" (maker?) 12.7 centimeters long.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tong, accession number 7-5959, described as Sugar tongs, silver; shell motifs in relief, hallmarks, word "Elkington" (maker?) 12.7 centimeters long.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tong, accession number 7-5959, described as Sugar tongs, silver; shell motifs in relief, hallmarks, word "Elkington" (maker?) 12.7 centimeters long.

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