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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.
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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 steel snuffers with spring-loaded cutting mechanism with silver plaque and silver handles circa 1780, the plaque inscribed 'By His Majesty's Royal Letters Patent Cope & Cutler'.
Price: £395.00 |
6772 |
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A large pair of sugar tongs with shell bowls, an engraved bow and a 'boy and barrel' finial, by Francis Higgins London 1859, crested with 'out of a mural coronet an arm embowed in armour holding a dagger' and initialled {EJD} .
Price: £375.00 |
6437 |
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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 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 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 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 .
Price: £165.00
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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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 George IV pair of sugartongs in Rose pattern, by the Lias Brothers London 1821 .
Price: £135.00 |
7439 |
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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}.
Price: £135.00
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 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}.
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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 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.
Price: £85.00 |
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 fiddle pattern sugartongs, Exeter 1834 by W. R. Sobey.
Price: £55.00 |
3663 |
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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.
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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 |
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