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| DESCRIPTION | Cast Georgian silver three section sugar tongs with pierced and bright cut engraved decoration and a monogram engraved to the bow. |
| SILVERSMITH | Thomas Wallis II |
| DATE or HALLMARK | circa 1780 |
| ASSAY OFFICE | London |
| WEIGHT in GRAMS | 39 |
| LENGTH in INCHES | 5 ½ |
| SILVER STANDARD | .925 sterling silver |
| OVERALL CONDITION | excellent, with good bow spring action and well executed minor arm repairs/fractures. 18th century cast silver fractures easily and so was not the ideal choice for the making of sugar tongs. This is probably why, having only just displaced from fashion the cast silver sugar nips by around 1770, they were themselves superseded by the far more robust one piece with sprung bow type by around 1780. It very rare to find cast arm tongs without repairs or fractures. |
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| back | £50 | sold | item number: m5689 |