Georgian Tea Tongs - Single mark for Identification
Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2021 11:56 pm
Good morning,
What are people's thoughts on the date of these Tea Tongs, the mark shown and where they might be made? (c.1760, London, Colonial or Provincial?) I was attracted to them because of the unusual shape of the finger rings.
There is a contemporary family initial engraving of "D" on the central hinge:
This is the only mark present (is it a badly struck Lion Passant, or a makers mark), There are no further marks in the bowls or on the finger rings.
Many thanks
Simon
What are people's thoughts on the date of these Tea Tongs, the mark shown and where they might be made? (c.1760, London, Colonial or Provincial?) I was attracted to them because of the unusual shape of the finger rings.
There is a contemporary family initial engraving of "D" on the central hinge:
This is the only mark present (is it a badly struck Lion Passant, or a makers mark), There are no further marks in the bowls or on the finger rings.
Many thanks
Simon