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Sugar tongs

JOHN GEAR, London (manufacturer)
Sugar tongs
 (c. 1804)

Medium
silver

Measurements
1.6 × 5.1 × 13.0 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John H. Connell, 1914

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

Inscription
engraved in inside of fulcrum c.: A + H
punched (inverted) in outside of fulcrum l.c.: (lion passant) / I·G
punched in outside of fulcrum l.r.: (lion passant) / I·G

Accession Number
1447-D3

Department
International Decorative Arts

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Dame Carol Colburn-Grigor CBE through Metal Manufactures Limited

Physical description
No date mark, initials A.H.

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