Samuel T. Leonard
Sugar Tongs
1804
Physical Qualities
Silver, 5 7/8 x 2 x 3/4 in. (14.9 x 5.1 x 1.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Virginia P.B. White, Baltimore
Object Number
1933.54.103
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. 109, ill.
Markings: Stamped: "S:LEONAP" (cut-off at A) on inside of art near middle Etched by hand: "VW" with "8" below; appear on the interior of other artm toward the curved portion of the tongs
On View: American Wing Second Floor, Eltonhead Hallway Case 2/C