Irish Sterling Silver Serving Tongs - Antique George III (1785)

Description

These exceptional antique George III Irish sterling silver serving tongs have a plain undulating form.

The surface of the tongs are embellished with a paralleling undulating and wrigglework decorated border.

The bridge of the tongs are further embellished with an oval cartouche displaying the contemporary bright cut engraved crest of a unicon's head below a coronet.

The pinching action of the tongs is guided to the medial point with a rectangular brace ornamented with engraved bud festoon designs to either side.

The elongated blades of the tongs have an undulating surface to the interior.

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