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Antique silver tongs, nips, grape-shears, nut-crackers
asparagus servers, stamp tweezers and snuffers
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A pair of antique silver snuffers with cast decoration by Wallis and Hayne, London 1814 crested with a pelican vulning, 3 chicks in a nest. Price: £595.00 |
1275 |
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A pair of antique silver cast grapeshears with matted vineleaf handles by William Eaton, London 1843. Price:  |
6711 |
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A pair of George III Fiddle Thread and Drop pattern serving tongs by George Smith and William Fearn London 1793, crested for D'Eye . Price: £425.00 |
7403 |
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A pair of antique silver scissors, perhaps for grapes by Eley and Fearn, London 1814. Price: £375.00 |
2431 |
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A pair of Victorian 'New Gothic' pattern grape shears made in London in 1874 by George Adams. Price: £295.00 The design for New Gothic pattern was registered by Chawner and Company on December 13th 1854 and appears in their extant pattern book. In his Silver Flatware (1983) Ian Pickford comments of New Gothic pattern that 'odd pieces may be found; building a service would be extremely difficult'.
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8733 |
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A pair of George III chop tongs made around 1780, unmarked. Provenance: Collection of A. B. L. Dove FSA |
8253 |
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A George III pair of steel candle snuffers with silver handles and feet, the handles hallmarked by Wilkes Booth in London in 1804 . Price: £285.00 |
6951 |
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A George III pair of sugar tongs made in Edinburgh circa 1775 by Alexander Aitchison & Sons, initialled {HT}. William Irvine Fortescue, in his article 'Alexander Aitchison I and Alexander Aitchison II: Edinburgh Goldsmiths of the Eighteenth Century' (pp. 35-56 of Silver Studies 33), reveals many details about both Alexander Aitchison I (1717-1775) and his son, Alexander Aitchison II (1747-1807). Their partnership began in 1770 and ended in 1775- however the maker's mark continued in use until at least 1778 (when 10 tablespoons are recorded bearing it). Fortescue writes that 'recorded silver with the AA&S mark is relatively scarce'. He mentions two large pieces and a small amount of flatware. Alexander Aitchison II (1747-1807) was an important figure in the political radicalism prevalent in 1780s Edinburgh. Aitchison was involved in the early stages of what became 'the Pike Plot' of 1792 with fellow goldsmith David Downie and Robert Watt, a wine merchant. Aitchison only attended the first meeting of 'the Committee of Ways and Means' and then distanced himself from the others. When Downie and Watt were tried for treason in 1794 Aitchison was one of the witnesses against them.
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8364 |
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A pair of antique silver beaded sprung sugar tongs, London circa 1790 by IB (perhaps for John Buckett), crested with a griffin's head. Price: £255.00 |
3629 |
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An Edward VII pair of unusually large (6.25") wishbone serving tongs, by William Hutton and Sons Birmingham 1906 (also part marked on the blade) . Price: £245.00 |
7393 |
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A pair of antique silver andiron shaped tongs, the pierced bowls with rat-tails, London circa 1710 with indecipherable maker's mark (a.f). Price: £240.00 |
5379 |
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A pair of antique silver sugar nips, by Henry Plumpton London circa 1765 . Price: £225.00 |
6098 |
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A George II miniature or toy pair of sugar nips (5.8 cm from left to right) , c. 1750, unmarked.
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8242 |
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A pair of George III sugar tongs with cast rococo arms made in London circa 1770 by Thomas Woodhouse. Price: £195.00
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8707 |
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A George III pair of sugar tongs with cast arms imitative of cut steel made in London circa 1770 by Thomas Woodhouse, initialled {JES}. Price: £195.00
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8648z |
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A pair of antique silver sugar-nips with shell bowls by Simeon Coley ?, London circa 1765 initialled AB. Price: £195.00 |
1575 |
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A George II pair of silver-gilt sugar nips, by Philips Garden of London circa 1750, initialled {HW} . Price: £185.00 |
6846 |
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A pair of antique silver hourglass-handled nutcrackers with close-plated jaws by Taylor and Perry, Birmingham 1829. Price: £185.00 |
2361 |
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A pair of unusually small Victorian sugar nips, made in Birmingham in 1843 by Joseph Willmore . Price: £175.00 |
6922 |
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An unusually small pair of antique silver fiddle pattern sugar tongs, made by George Lowe in Chester in 1827 . Price: £175.00 |
6753 |
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A pair of silver-gilt Stag Hunt pattern sugar tongs with the bowls modelled as human masks, by Lias and Wakely London 1885 . Price: £175.00 |
5923 |
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A George III pair of Old Sheffield Plate sugar nips, c. 1760 . Although pairs of sugar tongs are often found in Old Sheffield Plate there appears to be no reference to a pair of sugar nips in the relevant reference books or those on Old Sheffield Plate. |
8061 |
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A George III pair of sugar nips with unusual bowls, by Thomas and William Chawner London circa 1770 (unusually marked with a lion and maker's mark on both sides), crested for Dalgliesh . Price: £165.00 |
6964 |
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A plain pair of antique silver sugar-nips by GN (Grimwade 3589 untraced), London circa 1770. Price: £165.00 |
1395 |
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A pair of antique silver sugar nips, possibly by William Maddocks London circa 1765, crested with a demi lion rampant holding a crown . Price: £160.00 |
5974 |
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Two pairs of George V 'Elizabethan' pattern sugar tongs, in graduated sizes (12.4cm and 13.5 cm long) , made in London in 1926 by Goldsmiths' and Silversmiths' Company, crested for Herbert. Price: £155.00 The fact that these two pairs of sugar tongs were made as part of the same service suggests that it was large enough to contain sets of tea and coffee spoons (the coffee cups and spoons being smaller than those for tea).
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8655 |
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A pair of Victorian silver-gilt Feather-edged sugar nips, by Francis Higgins London 1882, crested for Molyneux on one side and an Earl's coronet on the other for the William Philip Molyneux ,4th Earl of Sefton (1835-1897). William Philip Molyneux, 4th Earl of Sefton was born in 1835 and educated at Eton between 1848 and 1853. In 1854 he enlisted in the army and became an Ensign in the Grenadier Guards- his military service took place in the Crimea and by 1858, when he retired, he had been promoted to Captain. In 1855, while abroad, he had inherited the Earldom of Sefton from his father and he returned and served as Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire from 1858 until 1893 and again from 1895 to 1897. In 1865 Sefton was sent as Chief Commissioner of the Order of the Garter being given to King Luiz I of Portugal and on this mission he was created a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Tower and the Sword. The same year he married Hon. Cecil Emily Jolliffe, daughter of the 1st Baron Hylton and in 1885 he received the Order of the Garter himself. Sefton died in 1897 and his widow in 1899. |
8086 |
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A pair of antique silver sugarnips of standard form by John Gorham, London 1739-55, initialled E over IE. Price: £155.00 |
8642 |
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A pair of antique silver fiddle pattern sugar-tongs York, c.1820 by James Barber and William Whitwell crested with a demi-lion rampant. Price: £145.00 |
2968 |
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A George III pair of sugar-tongs with mother-of-pearl arms and tortoiseshell bow, circa 1790 . Price: £135.00 |
7040 |
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A pair of antique silver sugar tongs with bright-cut decoration and decorated circular bowls, by Thomas Allen Sheffield 1778, initialled {EH}. Graham Hodges records a pair of sugar tongs dated 1777 but using Allen's incuse maker's mark (click here) . |
6405 |
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A pair of antique silver brightcut sugar tongs, by Hester Bateman London 1786-1790. Price: £120.00 |
5740 |
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A George III pair of sugar tongs with Feather-edge decoration and engraved shells on the shoulders made in London circa 1770 by John Faux and George Love (marked with maker's mark on both arms). Price: £110.00
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8584 |
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A Victorian pair of parcel-gilt sugar tongs modelled with the figure of Faith in the arms, by Frederick Elkington Birmingham 1875 . Price: £110.00 |
7299 |
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A pair of antique silver brightcut sugar tongs, by John Pittar Dublin circa 1790, initialled {D}. Price: |
5303 |
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A pair of antique silver brightcut sugar tongs, by Hester Bateman London circa 1780, initialled C. Price: £110.00 |
4662 |
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A pair of antique silver-gilt sugar tongs with feather-edge borders, convex arms and a blank cartouche, made in London circa 1770 by Thomas Woodhouse . Price: £110.00 |
6657 |
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A pair of antique silver bright-cut sugar tongs incorporating Prince of Wales feathers, by George Wintle London 1795. Price: £100.00 |
4737 |
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A pair of George III sugar tongs with a decorated bow, beaded arms and acorn bowls, made in London c. 1775 by James Stamp. |
8190 |
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A pair of George III Feather-edge sugartongs with shell grips, by John Faux and George Love London circa 1770 . Price: £85.00 |
7944 |
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A pair of Victorian King's pattern sugartongs, by William Eaton London 1842, crested with a unicorn's head . Price: £85.00 |
7410 |
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A pair of antique silver Old English thread sugar tongs, Edinburgh circa 1800 by Turnbull & Easton (of Glasgow), initialled H. |
3246 |
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A pair of antique silver brightcut sugar tongs, by Richard Crossley London 1795, initialled {RJH}. Price: £80.00 |
4706 |
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A George III pair of Old Sheffield Plate sugar tongs with feather-edged borders and bowls terminating in stylised fish, circa 1790 . Price: £75.00 |
8075 |
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A George III pair of Beaded sugar tongs with leaf shaped bowls, by Thomas Wallis London 1799, initialled {ET} . Price: £75.00 |
7462 |
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A pair of Fiddle pattern sugar tongs with ridged arms, by William Welch II Exeter circa 1810, initialled {WSS} on the bow . Price: £75.00 |
7374 |
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A pair of antique silver feather-edge sugar tongs with shell bowls and a vacant cartouche, by Thomas and William Chawner London circa 1770 (Grimwade 3510) . Price: £75.00 |
6371 |
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A pair of antique silver bright-cut sugar tongs, London circa 1780 by Benjamin Mordecai. Price: £68.00 |
4096 |
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A George III pair of bright-cut sugar tongs, by Joseph Hicks of Exeter circa 1790, initialled {BAW} . Price: £65.00 |
6841 |
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A pair of antique silver fiddle pattern sugar tongs, by James Scott, Dublin 1816. Price: £60.00 |
4343 |
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A George III pair of Feather-edged sugar tongs, by Joseph Steward (maker's mark incuse) London circa 1775, initialled {H} . Price: £58.00 |
7616 |
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A pair of antique silver brightcut sugar tongs, by James Phipps London circa 1790, initialled {JRE}. Price: £55.00 |
4712 |
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A pair of antique silver shaped sugar tongs with feather-edge borders, by Thomas Nash London circa 1770. Price: £48.00 |
5685 |
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A pair of antique silver beaded sugar tongs, by William Sumner London circa 1782, initialled {SK}. Price: £48.00 |
5713 |
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A pair of antique silver brightcut sugar tongs, by William Eley and William Fearn London 1802, initialled {HH}. Price: £48.00 |
5665 |
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A pair of antique silver fiddle pattern sugar tongs, by IN London 1815. Price: £45.00 |
5683 |
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A pair of antique silver sugar-tongs with twisted stems, by George Maudsley Jackson in London in 1884 . Price: £42.00 |
5929 |
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A pair of antique silver fiddle pattern sugar tongs, by Lister and Sons Newcastle 1850. Price: |
4731 |
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A pair of antique silver Old English thread pattern sugar tongs, Old Sheffield Plate circa 1800 . Price: £30.00 |
6494 |
