DESCRIPTION |
Interesting pair of Georgian silver tea tongs or sugar nips. Highly decorated with stylised leaf capped flying scroll embellished oval finger rings, a box hinge decorated with a cast picture front of The Green Man or similar to one side and floral and scroll engraved decoration to the other and centrally talbot sejant crested, the whole terminating in a pair of five lobe shell grips. The crest of a talbot (extinct large white hunting-hound) sejant and collared is noted with these families: Burgoyne, Colne, Colney, Gessors, Ghrimes, Hoofstellar, Horne, Hunt, Norris, Plumbe, Sturges, Temple, Topliffe, Toplis. |
| SILVERSMITH |
Richard Mills, marked to each finger ring. |
| DATE or HALLMARK |
circa 1760 |
ASSAY OFFICE |
London |
WEIGHT in GRAMS |
46 |
| SIZE in INCHES |
length: 4 3/4 |
SILVER STANDARD |
.925 sterling silver |
OVERALL CONDITION |
generally very good with an acceptable amount of hinge play. |
FAULTS |
two solder repairs, one to the upper C scroll of one arm, the other to the upper C scroll of one shaft. |
| back | Price £265 | sold | Item Number: M3854 |