John Walraven
Sugar Tongs
1804-1814
Physical Qualities
Silver, 5 5/8 x 1 5/8 x 3/4 in. (14.3 x 4.1 x 1.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Virginia P.B. White, Baltimore
Object Number
1933.54.109
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. 76.
Markings: stamps: "I" ? "Walbraven" (?); eagle (w/spread wings) - one set on each side of inside of tongs
On View at the BMA