Samuel John Lea
Sugar Tongs
1821
Scroll
Samuel John Lea
Sugar Tongs
1821
Physical Qualities
Silver, 6 3/8 x 2 1/8 x 7/8 in. (16.2 x 5.4 x 2.2 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Virginia P.B. White, Baltimore
Object Number
1933.54.79
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. 130, ill.
Markings: Engraved: "I.H.M." Stamped: "S.J.Lea" in rectangle, Baltimore mark, date mark (F), profile Scratched: "VW" with "15" below the VW
On View at the BMA
