Sale! English George III Sterling Silver 5 3/4" buy Sugar Tongs, Bright Cut Engraving - George Wintle, London, c. 1784 - 1813 Monogrammed

Sale! Was $78.00, now $64.99: These Georgian Coin Silver Sugar Tongs, George Wintle, London, ca 1795 - 1804 (corresponding to the hallmark on these tongs) is decorated with a bright cut engraved foliate pattern, and oval shaped acorn ends. The excellent original condition and clear, crisp detail, with no removals, repairs or alterations makes this an awesome addition to any collector of historical silver.

Engraved on back of the terminal with letters "GDA"

Hallmarked inside to one arm:
"King George III" for duty/tax;
"Lion Passant" for English sterling silver;
Date letter 'N' for the year but Wintle produced these items at the turn of the 18th Century
Marked inside to the other arm:
Initials "GW" into an oval for silversmith George Wintle

Measurements ( all are approximate):
5 3/4" in length
5/8" at its widest

George Wintle is the most prolific of all of the makers at the turn of the 18th Century. A collector could focus just on George Wintle and have a collection spanning most of the period and covering almost the full range buy of antique Georgian silver sugar tongs. He entered his first mark on 2nd January 1787 as a plate-worker and other marks were entered up to 1823. In examining George Wintle sugar tongs, we see the complete range, with nothing particularly distinguishable to enable us to tell George Wintle sugar tongs apart from many other Georgian makers. George Wintle entered several different maker's marks.

Check out my other Wintle tongs in another listing

Will ship with care and insured.