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Silver sugar tongs with Kings pattern arms and acorn-shaped tips.
Sugar Tongs
Silver sugar tongs with Kings pattern arms and acorn-shaped tips.
Silver sugar tongs with Kings pattern arms and acorn-shaped tips.
Sugar Tongs, Josiah Penfield, 1816-1820, silver, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia.

Sugar Tongs

Maker (American, Founded 1820 - 1828)
Date1816 - 1820
Mediumsilver
Dimensions6 1/2 inches (16.5 cm)
MarkingsMaker's mark stamped on the arm interior: PENFIELD [in serrated rectangle]
Credit LineGift of M. Bell and Mrs. Craig Barrow.
Object numberOT1969.2
On View
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CopyrightThe images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextThese sugar tongs have Kings pattern arms, or fiddle-shaped arms with threaded edges and scallop shell or anthemion motifs in relif, and acorn shaped tips. They were made in the shop of Connecticut-born silversmith Josiah Penfield (1785-1828), who joined his uncle Isaac Marquand (1766-1838) at his jewelry store in Savannah in 1800 to learn the silversmith craft. By 1810 he was a partner in the firm of Marquand, Paulding & Penfield. In 1820 he partnered with his cousin Frederick Marquand (1799-1882) of New York, and then Moses Eastman (1794-1850), under the firm name of J. Penfield & Co. The firm was dissolved upon Penfield’s death in 1828.
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