- Titles Sugar Tongs (Descriptive)
- Artist Ann Bateman, British, 1748 - 1813 / Peter Bateman, British, 1740 - 1825 / William Bateman, England, 1774-1850, (shared mark with Peter and Ann 1800-1805)
- Medium silver
- Dimensions 5/8 × 5 1/2 × 2 1/4 in. (1.6 × 14 × 5.7 cm)
- Credit Line Bequest of Sybil Noble Murray, 2000.201
- Work Type sugar tongs
- Classification Tools & Equipment
- Signature On the inside: maker's mark PB / AB / WB [mark shared January 1800-November 1805]; lion passant; king's head; date letter G for 1802/03
- Marks On the inside: maker's mark PB / AB / WB [mark shared January 1800-November 1805]; lion passant; king's head; date letter G for 1802/03
- Inscription Engraved at the curve in an oval reserve the initials HMB
- Provenance Sybil Anderson Noble Murray (1910-2000), Atlanta, Georgia; by bequest to the Birmingham Museum of Art in 2000