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93/17
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A pair of small silver-plated tongs with a punched decoration on the handles. They are probably sugar tongs. They were used at the home of the Lawrence family in Reading.
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MERL ‘Handwritten accession form’ (Institute of Agricultural History) – ‘Standard museum name: TONGS // Accession number: 93/17 // … // Description: Small silver plated tongs for sugar lumps (?) Punched decoration on the handles. // Dimensions: Length: 9.0 cm Width of jaw plates: 4.5 cm. // Associated information: Used at the home of the Lawrence family see 93/5 [The Lawrence Family lived at Avebury Square, Reading, until the death of Dorothy Lawrence in the mid-1970s.]’
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