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Lot 138
Sale 6355 - Collect: Americana
Aug 26, 2025
10:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$500 -
700
Price Realized
$1,088
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Lot Description
A Group of Four Federal Bright-Cut Silver Sugar Tongs
Various Makers, Circa 1790-1805
comprising sugar tongs, by maker "I. Rice," with acorn-form bowls, engraved with navette-form cartouche bearing monogram, "GCS," marked; a sugar tongs, by "W&W" (?), with acorn-form bowls, engraved with navette-form cartouche bearing monogram, "ELA," marked; a sugar tongs, by William Haverstick (1756-1823), Sr. or William Haverstick, Jr. (1780-1859), Lancaster or Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1805, the sides engraved with flowering tulips, bearing monogram, "JMK," marked; and a sugar tongs, by "T. Milne" and "S. White," with acorn-form bowls, engraved with navette-form cartouche bearing monogram, "EF," marked.
Length 7 1/4 inches (longest), Total weight: 6.11 oz. t.
This lot is located in Philadelphia.