John Lynch
Sugar Tongs
1829-1839
Physical Qualities
Silver, 6 1/2 x 2 1/8 x 1 in. (16.5 x 5.4 x 2.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Virginia P.B. White, Baltimore
Object Number
1933.54.114
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. 57.
Markings: Engraved: "RY" in cursive at bow in tongs on exterior Stamped: shield shape with smaller shield within and a star at each upper corner of smaller shield within shield shape; "S" within an octagon on interior of arm also "J.LYNCH" in rectangular hexagon on other side Scratched by hand: "VW" with "16" below on interior of arm, up towards the bow/curve
On View at the BMA
