Thomas Shields, Philadelphia, coin silver sugar tongs, engraved "Sally Morris to her Daughter Sarah Wistar / Sarah Wistar to Sarah Hopkinson", Sarah Hopkinson was the wife of Dr Joseph Hopkinson, who was a surgeon in the Civil War, see lot 31308. The tongs bear the makers mark "TS", 5 3/8" l, 1.4 TO : . Provenance: This lot comes from the Hopkinson Family Collection, Francis Hopkinson, 1737-1791 was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He designed the first US Flag, Continental paper money, and the first United States coin.