Sugar tongs

1910-1930

Maker

Rogers, Lunt & Bowlen Company (1901-2009)

Measurements

4-3/8 in x 1-1/2 in x 7/8 in

Materials

Silver

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.

Accession Number

1971.1237

Inscription

“STERLING” and “R / L / B” in blocks around a central triangle are stamped into the inside of one arm.

Provenance

Ex coll. Mrs. E. Tatnall (Mary Corbit) Warner or brought to the David Wilson Mansion site later.

Comments

The U shaped tongs terminate in oblique rectangular blades pierced with rectangular slots.  The tong arms are also pierced in the outline of a Philadelphia chair splat in the Chippendale style.

In 1935, the Rogers, Lunt & Bowlen Company corporate name was shortened to Lunt Silversmiths.  Corporate business records are at Hagley Museum and Library.