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tonetheteach




Joined: 01 Jan 2008
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Posted: 29/03/2008 
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Greetings --

I am trying to find out who's these initials are on a pair of Georgian sugar tongs. They are marked as S.B
Is it likely to be Susanna Barker?
The only other mark on these tongs is for the lion passant.
I have a number of sugar tongs and I find that quite often the date letter and the assay office mark is often missing rather than rubbed out. Is that fairly normal? Would I be right to assume that if the assay office mark is missing that it probably indicates it was made in London?

In anticipation of your help -- Best wishes -- Tony Hunter.
PS -- photos attached.

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silvermakersmarks




Joined: 24 Jan 2008
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Location: United Kingdom
Posted: 29/03/2008 
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This could be Susannah Barker; her second mark (entered 1789) matches this one.

Tongs did not have date letters until about 1790. Many smaller items of silver in the Georgian period lacked town marks so it is not absolutely certain that these tongs are London. However I would suggest that on balance of probabilities these tongs are by Susannah Barker and c1789.
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tonetheteach




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Posted: 29/03/2008 
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Many thanks for your help- Tony Hunter
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SB




Joined: 31 Mar 2008
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Posted: 31/03/2008 
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Not that I know anything, but the S looks like a 5 to me...
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tonetheteach




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Posted: 31/03/2008 
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I have to agree with you on that. However that was highly magnified.I have just looked at the initials again with a 4x magnification glass and it looks more realistically like an s.
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