Maker's mark IL, probably for John Lefebure
English, free 1714
Sugar Tongs
c. 1720
| Medium | silver |
| Dimensions | Length: 4 13/16 in. (12.2 cm) Weight: 0.44 oz (12.4 g) |
| Object Number | 1955.140 |
| Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
| Status | Off View |
Image Caption
Maker's mark IL, probably for John Lefebure, Sugar Tongs, c. 1720, silver. Clark Art Institute, 1955.140
Select Bibliography
Guille, Peter. Exhibit Eighteen: Old Silver Tea Accessories. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, March 1962.
Wees, Beth Carver. "From Silver Spouts the Grateful Liquors Glide." In Three Cheers for the Twenty-Fifth. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1980.
Wees, Beth Carver. English, Irish, and Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997.
