Sugar nipper
Category
Silver
Date
Unknown
Materials
Sharkskin and silver
Measurements
140 mm (W)
Order this imageCollection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 1151596.14
Caption
Sugar nippers were used in the fine Drawing Rooms to move small lumps of sugar from a sugar bowl to a cup
Summary
Sugar nipper - Part of one of 15 items including (i) a shaped George II shagreen case with pierced escutcheon of ?Hutton crest (surrounded by seven florets 1 missing) on hinged lid, containing; (ii-xiii) 12 George II teaspoons with shell bowls and foliate tops; (xiv) a pair of George II sugar nippers with shell grips and foliage stems; (xv) a George II straining spoon with shell bowl and pointed stem. Marks only 'F.H.' incuse, c.1750.
Provenance
Given by Phillip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973