SUGAR TONGS FROM A TEA SET
Creator(s): Firm of Aleksander Venediktovich Liubavin (Silversmith)
Currently in storage
About this object
The decoration is an all-over pattern of interlaced ribbon effect. The sugar tongs have the ribbon decoration only on the end where they are held. Inside is gilded.
- Object name:
- SUGAR TONGS FROM A TEA SET
- Made from:
- Silver
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- ca. 1880
- Size:
- 15.4 cm (6 1/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.387.3
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK crossed anchors and scepter combined with 84 for the silver standard and [transcription] for the maker
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973