Object number
93/17
Description
Silver-plated tongs with a punched decoration on the handles. Probably sugar tongs. Used at the home of the Lawrence family in Reading.
A pair of small silver-plated tongs with a punched decoration on the handles. They are probably sugar tongs. They were used at the home of the Lawrence family in Reading.
Archival history
MERL ‘Handwritten accession form’ (Institute of Agricultural History) – ‘Standard museum name: TONGS // Accession number: 93/17 // … // Description: Small silver plated tongs for sugar lumps (?) Punched decoration on the handles. // Dimensions: Length: 9.0 cm Width of jaw plates: 4.5 cm. // Associated information: Used at the home of the Lawrence family see 93/5 [The Lawrence Family lived at Avebury Square, Reading, until the death of Dorothy Lawrence in the mid-1970s.]’
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