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| DESCRIPTION | Georgian cast silver sugar tongs with the original initials engraved to the bow. Unusually the arms are not pierced. |
| SILVERSMITH | Thomas Wallis II |
| DATE or HALLMARK | circa 1785 |
| ASSAY OFFICE | London |
| WEIGHT in GRAMS | 42 |
| LENGTH in INCHES | 5 |
| SILVER STANDARD | .925 sterling silver |
| OVERALL CONDITION | good, but with repaired and slightly bent bow. |
| FAULTS | 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probably why, having only just displaced from fashion the cast silver sugar nips by around 1770, they were themselves superseded by the far more robust one piece with sprung bow type by around 1780.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. |
| back | £55 | sold | item number: m4857 |