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Alphonse Debain

Asparagus Tongs

1884

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Alphonse Debain

Asparagus Tongs

1884

Physical Qualities Silver, 6 11/16 x 3 7/8 in. (17 x 9.9 cm.); 4.68 troy ounces
Credit Line Collection of Lee Owings Warfield III
Object Number 2015.110
Silver spring-hinged asparagus server with floral open work (celery stalks)
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2015: Lee Owings Warfield III, Baltimore; By purchase, Silver Art By D & R, Brooklyn, NY

Markings: STE.S.G.O.

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Alphonse Debain

1882–1910

French, 1883 - 1911
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