- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0569
- Description
- Tongs with bird leg and claw shaped design. Pressure area heavily scrolled floral silverwork, also on claw area. Stamped inside tong with three hallmarks, one a bird, one the letter "R" and one a lion followed by "Sterling".
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- Title
- Sugar Tongs
- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 2.0 x 5.4 x 12.0 cm
- Description
- Tongs with bird leg and claw shaped design. Pressure area heavily scrolled floral silverwork, also on claw area. Stamped inside tong with three hallmarks, one a bird, one the letter "R" and one a lion followed by "Sterling".
- Subject
- households
- CRW wedding
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0569
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- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0570
- Description
- Very elegant, wishbone shaped serving tongs, possibly for sugar. Operate on very subtle hinge spring at "joint" of bone. Join engraved "C.R." on one side and "P.W." on reverse side. "RLB" box hallmarks, "272" and "sterling" stamped inside wishbone. Scratched"1427 FRHR 11".
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- Title
- Sugar Tongs
- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 1.6 x 3.7 x 8.3 cm
- Description
- Very elegant, wishbone shaped serving tongs, possibly for sugar. Operate on very subtle hinge spring at "joint" of bone. Join engraved "C.R." on one side and "P.W." on reverse side. "RLB" box hallmarks, "272" and "sterling" stamped inside wishbone. Scratched"1427 FRHR 11".
- Subject
- households
- CRW wedding
- CR
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0570
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- Date
- 1925 – 1935
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0681
- Description
- Scissors like tongs with shell shaped claws, scroll shaped arms and handles. Inside handles stamped "HF" and five various hallmarks, including a lion passant.
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- Title
- Sugar Tongs
- Date
- 1925 – 1935
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 1.6 x 4.2 x 12.0 cm
- Description
- Scissors like tongs with shell shaped claws, scroll shaped arms and handles. Inside handles stamped "HF" and five various hallmarks, including a lion passant.
- Subject
- households
- CRW wedding
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0681
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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
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