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This is the only known reference book on this subject and contains a wealth of material that has never before been published on the subject including nearly 1,000 photographs of sugar tongs, maker’s marks and hallmarks, making it the essential reference book for any collector or dealer in early British silver.

Chapter 1         History and Background
Chapter 2         Styles
Chapter 3         Monograms & Family Crests
Chapter 4         Damaged Goods
Chapter 5         How to look after sugar tongs
Chapter 6         Hallmarks
Chapter 7         London Hallmarks
Chapter 8         The Bateman family
Chapter 9         London makers
Chapter 10       Chester
Chapter 11       Newcastle
Chapter 12       Exeter
Chapter 13       Sheffield
Chapter 14       York
Chapter 15       Birmingham
Chapter 16       Scotland
Chapter 17       Ireland
Appendix         Catalogue of makers