George Aiken
Sugar Tongs
1794-1804
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George Aiken
Sugar Tongs
1794-1804
Physical Qualities
Silver, 6 x 1 3/4 x 7/8 in. (15.2 x 4.4 x 2.2 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Virginia P.B. White, Baltimore
Object Number
1933.54.101
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. 63.
Markings: marks: "WV 20" engraved on interior "RAik" ?? stamped on interior (R. Aiken?) "P" engraved on end of tongs (possibly "R", difficult to say because of flaw)
On View at the BMA
