A pair of cast silver novelty sugar tongs
£425
Auction: 8 July 2009 at 10:00 BST
Description
in the form of a harlequin apparently unmarked, a pair of cast rococo sugar tongs with openwork arms and scroll formed legs and loop handles, apparently unmarked; a pair of George III sugar nips, marked LM, and lion passant, with engraved initials B.C, of typical from with shell bowls; a similar pair of George II sugar nips makers mark RM; together with a George III pair of typical form, unmarked; together with three pairs of sugar tongs with bright cut engraving (8)