Frank Lloyd Wright
Sugar Tongs

Sugar Tongs
Sugar Tongs
Sugar Tongs
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Sugar Tongs
DateDesigned 1919, made c. 1964
MediumSilver plate
DimensionsOverall: 13/16 × 4 3/8 × 1 1/4 in. (2.1 × 11.1 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Will Michels in honor of his grandmother Dorothy Hawthorne
Object number2008.160
Not on view

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Object Type
ProvenanceDorothy Hawthorne; Will Michels, Houston; given to MFAH, 2008.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped mark with overlapping "I" and "H" on outside of tongs (see photo).

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