Pair of Georgian Silver Sugar Nips C.1725 John Gray (Ref: Grimwade P.100 No 1319.) These early sugar nippers with plain ring finger grips, straight baluster arms and engraved central box hinge. Marked on nipper with lion passant and IG, the outside with possibly gothic P. Length: 4.25 inches. Item Weight: 19.06 grams. Condition: Good. Reflections from photography only. Original patina.
George 1 Silver Sugar Nips C.1725 John Gray SOLD
by Louis WineGeorge 1 Silver Sugar Nips C.1725 John Gray
Louis Wine
Louis Wine Ltd., Toronto specialists in Antique Silver , Antique Jewellery & Decorative Arts, are a 4th generation family business.Louis Wine (1865-1946) founded the company in Dublin, Ireland in 1880. Louis Wine began selling to silver collectors in Dublin from a shop in historic Wellington Quay. In 1908, he located on Dublin's fashionable Grafton Street. To the firm came the worlds leading Georgian Silver collectors. Pieces by Paul de Lamerie, Paul Storr, Hester Bateman and Irish Georgian Silver were constantly on display. Our gallery run by Richard (Louis Wine's great grandson) in Yorkville Toronto, displays a range of fine Antique Silver, Old Sheffield Plate, Antique Jewellery & Decorative Arts from the 18th-20th century, including Bateman, Storr, Ramsden, Tiffany, Knox, Liberty, Jensen, Christopher Dresser.
