A PAIR OF IRISH GEORGE III SILVER ASPARAGUS TONGS, TWO PAIRS OF SUGAR TONGS AND TWO PAIRS OF GEORGE III SILVER SUGAR NIPPERS THE ASPARAGUS TONGS WITH MAKER'S MARK OF BENJAMIN TAIT, DUBLIN, CIRCA 1780, ONE PAIR OF SUGAR TONGS WITH MAKER'S MARK OF THOMAS JAMES LONDON, 1807, THE OTHER WITH MAKER'S MARK OF SAMUEL HAYNE AND DUDLEY CATER, LONDON, 1852, ONE PAIR OF NIPPERS WITH MAKER'S MARK OF SAMUEL COLEY, BOTH CIRCA 1770 The asparagus tongs engraved with bright-cut decoration and a crest, the plain sugar tongs engraved with the initial F, the King's Honeysuckle pattern sugar tongs with shell bowls, the sugar nippers with ring handles and shell bowls, one pair of nippers part marked on handles, the other unmarked - 4¾in. (12.2cm.) and 5in. (13cm.) (5)
A PAIR OF IRISH GEORGE III SILVER ASPARAGUS TONGS, TWO PAIRS OF SUGAR TONGS AND TWO PAIRS OF GEORGE III SILVER SUGAR NIPPERS THE ASPARAGUS TONGS WITH MAKER'S MARK OF BENJAMIN TAIT, DUBLIN, CIRCA 1780, ONE PAIR OF SUGAR TONGS WITH MAKER'S MARK OF THOMAS JAMES LONDON, 1807, THE OTHER WITH MAKER'S MARK OF SAMUEL HAYNE AND DUDLEY CATER, LONDON, 1852, ONE PAIR OF NIPPERS WITH MAKER'S MARK OF SAMUEL COLEY, BOTH CIRCA 1770 The asparagus tongs engraved with bright-cut decoration and a crest, the plain sugar tongs engraved with the initial F, the King's Honeysuckle pattern sugar tongs with shell bowls, the sugar nippers with ring handles and shell bowls, one pair of nippers part marked on handles, the other unmarked - 4¾in. (12.2cm.) and 5in. (13cm.) (5)
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