Lot 174
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A RARE SET OF TWELVE GEORGE II GOLD TEASPOONS WITH A PAIR OF SUGAR NIPS EN SUITE
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A RARE SET OF TWELVE GEORGE II GOLD TEASPOONS WITH A PAIR OF SUGAR NIPS EN SUITE

THE SPOONS WITH MARK OF JOHN WIRGMAN, LONDON, CIRCA 1750, THE SUGAR NIPS APPARENTLY UNMARKED, CIRCA 1750

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A RARE SET OF TWELVE GEORGE II GOLD TEASPOONS WITH A PAIR OF SUGAR NIPS EN SUITE
THE SPOONS WITH MARK OF JOHN WIRGMAN, LONDON, CIRCA 1750, THE SUGAR NIPS APPARENTLY UNMARKED, CIRCA 1750
Hanoverian pattern, the sugar-nips of scissor action with shell grips, each engraved with a cypher, the teapoons each marked on the back of handle
6.6 oz. (206 gr.) (13)
Provenance
Herbert Augustus Salwey (1848-1939) of Runnymede Park, Surrey
The late Herbert Augustus Salwey, of Runnymede Park; Christie's London, 19 April 1936, lot 91 (£125 to Parkes).
Michael Noble; Christie's London, 13 December 1967, lot 41.
Literature
The Connoisseur, August 1951, vol. XXIV.
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Lot Essay

Another unmarked pair of sugar-nips with very similar shell shaped grips, known as the 'Gregory Gold Sugar-Tongs', originally part of a collection of English Gold assembled by Nathaniel Mayer Victor, 3rd Baron Rothschild was sold Christie's London, 20 November 2001, lot 8.

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