Edward VII Sterling Silver Asparagus Tongs, 1901 London, Francis Higgins
An Edward VII sterling silver pair of asparagus tongs, 1901 London, with maker's mark for Francis Higgins III the pair of hefty asparagus tongs in a Hanoverian pattern with foliate pierced rectangular blades, marked to the inside stem. Weight: 220g length: 9.84 in.
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- Edward Vii - Edward VII (1841 – 1910) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1901 until his death in 1910. He was the first British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, which was renamed the House of Windsor by his son, George V.
- Foliate - Decorated with leaves or leaf-like forms.
- Sterling Silver - Sterling silver is a mixture of 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% of another metal, usually copper. Fine silver is 99.9% pure silver, and is relatively soft and the addition of the very small amount of copper gives the metal enough strength and hardness to be worked into jewellery, decorative and household objects.
This item has been included into following indexes:
- asparagus / fish serving tongs - silver items 51
- silver cutlery / flatware, patterns
