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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Silver, post: 318597, member: 6202&quot;]Good Day</p><p><br /></p><p>I wonder if anyone could provide any information on these little sugar tongs.&nbsp; There is no hallmark but the inside of one arm is engraved &quot;<b>H E Silver Co</b>&quot;.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The &quot;E&quot; is incomplete and could be an &quot;F&quot; except that my internet search has called up someone else&#039;s search result on <a href="http://www.ancestry.it" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ancestry.it" rel="nofollow">www.ancestry.it</a> which reads as follows:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;<b>James Walsh, emp H &amp; E Silver Co, h 73, Sheridan</b>&quot;.&nbsp; It seems this information was found in the &quot;<b>Bridgeport CT 1902 City Directory</b>&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Clearly, therefore, the firm is H E Silver Co.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>I am interested in any information, such as</b>:</p><p>- more information about that company (presumably it was in the USA). </p><p>- the name of the pattern of the tongs.</p><p>- whether they are likely to be Sterling.&nbsp; They look to be Sterling insofar as one can tell by looking. </p><p>- information suggesting a date of manufacture.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]105903[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]105905[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]105906[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]105907[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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