1983.0112
L. 15.3 Cups 2.6 x 1.65 Shoulders above cups 1.0 W. stem min 0.6 W. bend 1.6
Sugar tongs, Limerick silver by Robert O'Shaughnessy, c.1810. Fiddle pattern. Pointed oval cups, expanding to shoulders at the junctions with the stems. The stems expand to the U-bend, which they join in a curved shoulder. The U-bend is slightly dished in cross section, and there is a repair on the bend. Marks: ROS the O small and elevated, in rectangle, twice, on the inside of the bend, and STERLING on inside of one arm, the G of Sterling rubbed. Food Tableware