| Sugar tongs from the Channel Islands are rare. In
fact any early silver from the Channel Islands is rare. There has
never been as assay office on the Channel Islands but silver has been made
there from as early as the beginning of the seventeenth century.
Generally silver will only have the maker's mark, but sometimes other marks
can be seen such as a harp, a "J", "GH" or a fleur de lys. The channel
Island law did state that the standard of silver was to be the same as that
of England. Sugar tongs will usually be of a quite distinctive style,
very often with a monogram which is three letters rather than the more
normal two. Charles William Quesnel is one of the most prolific of the
Jersey silver-smiths and was producing work from c1810 - 1850. There
are 2 marks seen "CQ" and "CWQ" click on any picture for more details |
CQ
CWQ
JLG
