Silver and Collectors Items - 20th April 2011

Lot 640

A pair of Victorian silver 'andiron' sugar nips

Estimate £60 - £80 | Hammer £100

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Description

A pair of Victorian silver 'andiron' sugar nips, by Francis Higgins, London 1886, twisted baluster stem, oval bowls with a plain rat-tail, trefoil spring section, baluster finial, length 12.7cm, approx. weight 0.8oz. plus a pair of Victorian silver 'andiron' suagr tongs, by Simeon Greenburg, Birmingham 1860, shell bowls, twisted 'barley stem' arms, baluster finial, length 11.3cm, approx. weight 0.9oz. (2)