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
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: American Wing Second Floor, Eltonhead Hallway Case 2/C