AN EXTREMELY RARE HALLMARKED ANTIQUE (MID TO LATE 1800's) JOHN GILBERT "CLOSE PLATE" SUGAR TONGS

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THIS EXTREMELY RARE HALLMARKED ANTIQUE (MID TO LATE 1800's) JOHN GILBERT "CLOSE PLATE" SUGAR TONGS IS 15cm LONG AND IN EXTREMELY GOOD CONDITION. CLOSE PLATE, UNLIKE PATED IS A PROCESS OF APPLYING A THIN LAYER OF REAL SILVER TO A BASE METAL. THE FIVE HALLMARK SYMBOLS ARE AS FOLLOWS: THE CROWN CONFIRMS THE TONGS WERE MADE PRE 1896, THE GOTHIC "E" CONFIRMS THE TONGS ARE PLATED, THE FLEUR DE LIS CONFIRMS THEY WERE MADE UNDER THE "PRINCE OF WALES" CREST, THE ORB WITH A CROSS CONFIRMS IT IS WELSH MADE CLOSE PLATE AND THE LAST SYMBOL IS THE JOHN GILBERT MAKERS STAMP. 

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