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Tongs with two arms, each topped with three-tined claw or chicken foot-shaped head. Tines decorated with horizontal hatched bands, leading to fanning horizontal fluting towards neck. Narrow neck and stem, decorated with diagonal reeding halfway down handle, meeting setting sun motif above banded section. Stem continues, flaring towards terminal, decorated with scrolling foliate pattern, including
- By Meriden Brittania Company, Meriden, Connecticut, USA, 1808 - 1898, Rogers Brothers Silver, Hartford and Meriden, Connecticut, 1847 - 1862
- Credit: Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund
- Rights: CC0
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Medium
silver plated, metal
Genre
cutlery
Decorative Arts
tongs
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