Skip to main content

John Erwin

Sugar Tongs

1816

Scroll

John Erwin

Sugar Tongs

1816

Physical Qualities Silver, 6 3/8 x 1 7/8 x 7/8 in. (16.2 x 4.8 x 2.2 cm)
Credit Line Gift of Virginia P.B. White, Baltimore
Object Number 1933.54.75
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. 121.

Markings: Engraved: "M.N.C" in cursive Stamped: J. Erwin (in rectangle), Baltimore mark, date mark (E), profile Scratched: "VW" with "7" below

Maker

John Erwin

1808–1819

American, working Baltimore, 1809-1820
Meet John →

Explore the Collection Further

John Erwin
Bowl
1814
John Monteith and Robert Monteith
Sugar Tongs
1815
Standish Barry
Sugar Tongs
1789–1799
John Lynch
Sugar Tongs
1829–1839
Samuel T. Leonard
Sugar Tongs
1804–1814
George Aiken
Sugar Tongs
1794–1804
Michael De Young
Sugar Tongs
1814
Simon Wedge, Sr.
Sugar Tongs
1814
Simon Wedge, Sr.
Sugar Tongs
1804–1814
Unidentified
Sugar Tongs
501–2000
Samuel John Lea
Sugar Tongs
1821
Littleton Holland
Sugar Tongs
1804–1814