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John Walraven

Sugar Tongs

1804-1814

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John Walraven

Sugar Tongs

1804-1814

Physical Qualities Silver, 5 5/8 x 1 5/8 x 3/4 in. (14.3 x 4.1 x 1.9 cm)
Credit Line Gift of Virginia P.B. White, Baltimore
Object Number 1933.54.109
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1933; Virginia Purviance Bonsal White (1869-1955), Baltimore, MD
AMW Reinstallation 2014

American Wing Rotations 2020

American Wing Rotations 2021

American Wing Rotations 2022

American Wing Rotations 2023

American Wing Rotations 2024

American Wing Rotations 2025
Goldsborough, Jennifer Faulds. "Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Maryland Silver in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art." Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1975. p. 76.

Markings: stamps: "I" ? "Walbraven" (?); eagle (w/spread wings) - one set on each side of inside of tongs

Maker

John Walraven

1791–1813

American, 1771-1814, working Baltimore, 1792-1814
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