Sugar tongs
William Eley
Category
Silver
Date
1814
Materials
Silver
Measurements
60 mm (Width); 145 mm (Length)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 609417.1
Summary
A pair of silver reeded fiddle pattern sugar tongs engraved with the Hill crest and coronet. Part of set which includes tablespoons and table forks. Makers' marks for William Eley and William Fearn, London, 1814.
Provenance
Attingham collection; bequeathed to the National Trust with the estate, house and contents of Attingham by Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick (1877-1947) on 15th May 1953.
Marks and inscriptions
Engraved with the Hill crest
Makers and roles
William Eley, maker William Fearn (fl.1769 - 1824), maker