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John Chalmers

Sugar Tongs

1784-1794

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John Chalmers

Sugar Tongs

1784-1794

Physical Qualities Silver, 5 5/8 x 2 3/8 x 7/8 in. (14.3 x 6 x 2.2 cm)
Credit Line Gift of Virginia P.B. White, Baltimore
Object Number 1933.54.10
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. 40.

Markings: marks: "WV 32" hand engraved on interior stamps: "LC", "LC" interior on each side (4 total) "I.M." engraved in script on end

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John Chalmers

1749–1816

American, 1750-1817
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