Set of six teaspoons and sugar tongs with case
Dateca. 1755
Marked by
John Wirgman
OriginEngland, London
MediumSilver (Sterling)
DimensionsL: 4 9/16"; W: 1 3/4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1954-563,7
DescriptionTea tongs: scissor type. Semi-circular undecorated grips on cyma-curved arms elaborately chased with flowers and leaves. Circular pivot with engraved sun-flower design. Handles of foliate C-scrolls terminating in circular finger guards.Label TextSugar tongs of this scissor type with scrolled arms and shell-shaped grips were the most popular form during the middle decades of the eighteenth century. Relatively few are fully marked. This finely chased pair is part of a set with six teaspoons and their original shagreen-covered case (accessions 1954-563, 1-6).
MarkingsInside grips of tongs: lion passant struck over I.W
ProvenanceGarrard & Co. Ltd., London (purchased from C. J. Vander Ltd., London, 1954
Exhibition(s)
ca.1750-1770
ca. 1740-1760
ca.1750-1760
ca.1760-1770
ca. 1795
1786-1797