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"Assyrian Head" Pattern Sugar Tongs Tongs
This is a tongs. It was designed by Rogers Brothers Silver and manufactured by Meriden Brittania Company. It is dated 1885–86 and we acquired it in 1996. Its medium is silver plated, metal. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
text from "Implements of Eating" in Feeding Desire exhibition catalogue:
"When the refining process was perfected and uniform sugar cubes became available in teh late nineteenth century, a wide variety of elegant tongs was marketerd, some with narrow claw feet (fig. 22), other with broader, sptaula-like end."
It is credited Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund.
Its dimensions are
L x W x D: 16 × 4.5 × 2 cm (6 5/16 × 1 3/4 × 13/16 in.)
It has the following markings
On interior side of tine, stamped: [1] 1847 Rogers Bros. A1 [2] Meriden B Co in circle around balance scale motif
Cite this object as
"Assyrian Head" Pattern Sugar Tongs Tongs; Designed by Rogers Brothers Silver; Manufactured by Meriden Brittania Company; USA; silver plated, metal; L x W x D: 16 × 4.5 × 2 cm (6 5/16 × 1 3/4 × 13/16 in.); Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund; 1996-79-6
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005.
