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Date
1920 – 1930
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
104.20.0686
Description
Very elegant, wishbone shaped sterling silver serving tongs, possibly for sugar. Operate on very subtle hinge spring at "joint" of bone. Hallmarks included lion passant, crest with cross, followed by illegible hallmark, then "Sterling H171".
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Title
Sugar Tongs
Date
1920 – 1930
Material
metal
Dimensions
1.1 x 3.2 x 8.8 cm
Description
Very elegant, wishbone shaped sterling silver serving tongs, possibly for sugar. Operate on very subtle hinge spring at "joint" of bone. Hallmarks included lion passant, crest with cross, followed by illegible hallmark, then "Sterling H171".
Subject
households
kitchen
CRW wedding
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0686
Images
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