A pair of George III sugar nips with acorn bowls, scroll arms, ring handles and a box pivot, by Richard Mills, circa 1770, initialled ''S.C.'' and later initialled - 12.5cm long; and another pair of George III nips with shell bowls, initialled, by William Cattell, circa 1775, 2.5oz. (2)

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