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.