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ahwt Posts: 2334 |
posted 07-23-2013 04:16 PM
  
  The above cast sugar tongs are similar to the ones shown in the Monogram Etiquette post. What I have read about Samuel Drowne is that he was primarily a spoon maker, but he must have found a market for cast sugar tongs. These tongs have a monogram similar in style to that shown on Eleanor Clark’s tongs and may have been engraved by the same hand. IP: Logged |
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wev Moderator Posts: 4121 |
posted 07-23-2013 08:19 PM
Very handsome and a rare form in America. Here is another pair by Drowne, in a different mood. Your mark is better than the one I have, so I hope you don't mind my copying it. IP: Logged |
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ahwt Posts: 2334 |
posted 07-23-2013 09:51 PM
 Here is the monogram on the tongs. The C looks very similar to the C on the Eleanor Clark tongs. I suspect that these tongs were made about the same time and engraved by the same person. Sorry about the rotation of the pictures as I still have not mastered Picture Trail. They have a section to re-size pictures and when you look at the result on Picture Trail it appears to work -- until I post it. Then it is clearly over-sized. Glad the mark will be of help. I will look for more from your list. IP: Logged |
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posted 07-23-2013 10:15 PM
Given the similarity (and rarity) of design, finish and mono, I would think your example was made for Maria Clark (1760-1846), Eleanor's elder sister. The MFA 1800 date should be disregarded. I would date them to c 1780 and c 1785, which would have put both girls at age 20 or so when they were presented. IP: Logged |
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posted 07-24-2013 12:02 AM
Thanks for the information WEV. I thought that 1800 was a little late, particularly since Eleanor Clark was married in 1788. In some ways I am surprised the Samuel Drowne used a mark as long as he did. The mark appears to be placed on the cast portion of the legs and I would think that a shorter mark would have been easier to impress. His mark is on both legs at the same place and I would think they would have had to be impressed before he joined the legs with the bow. Young daughters must have received silver as presents while they were still living at home – perhaps in anticipation of when they would run a household. IP: Logged |
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