MISCHIEVOUS CUPID tea tongs, Victorian, 1851 
VICTORIAN "CUPID" Sterling Tea Tongs 
 
London, 1852-53, gold lined interior, by silversmith   
GEORGE ANGELL 
(exhibitor at the 1851 Crystal Palace Exhibition) 
 
finely detailed, each side, in relief, with  
a mischevious cupid shooting his arrow  
 
Hallmarks : for 1852-3 (Queen Victoria profile,  
leopard head, lion passant, old English style  "R", 
Maker mark :  GA (in conjoined rounds)  
 
Length :  4-1/3" 
Weight :  1.01 troy oz;    
 
# mrrs 22005 b ................................................................. $ 325.
 
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