Tongs

Museum number:
2-58086
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020058086
Alternate number:
3150 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.05
Description:
Sterling silver tongs. Victorian Lily of the Valley motif. One end is flat with a rectangular cast motif. The other is cut to shape of motif and both ends are glided on inside. Patented 1870. Moves on shaft.
Donor:
Anita Day Symmes Blake, Anson Stiles Blake, and Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
United States
Verbatim coll. place:
U.S.A; ; Attr
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Materials:
Sterling silver
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tongs, accession number 2-58086, described as Sterling silver tongs. Victorian Lily of the Valley motif. One end is flat with a rectangular cast motif. The other is cut to shape of motif and both ends are glided on inside. Patented 1870. Moves on shaft.

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