Sugar tongs
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The sugar tongs (also tea tongs) are serving utensils used at the table to transfer sugar pieces from the sugar bowl to the tea cups.[1]
Terminology
Mew[2] follows the evolution of the utensil through:
- sugar nippers. While these tools shared the name with heavy-made sugar nips, they were very different in nature: the latter were used to cut pieces off the sugarloaf in the kitchen, while the former were used at the table, were decorative and frequently made of silver;[3]
- sugar bows ;
- sugar tongs.
Sources
- Shlosberg, D. (2004). Eighteenth Century Silver Tea Tongs: An Illustrated Guide for Collectors. Shlosberg. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
- Mew, Egan (1907). "The Collection of Antiques". The Pall Mall Magazine. 39. George Routledge & Sons, Limited: 496–500. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
- Peavitt, Helen (2006). "Why Irons Are Useful and Sugar Nippers Are Not". Icon. 12: 30–37. JSTOR 23787052.
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- ^ Shlosberg 2004.
- ^ a b Mew 1907, p. 497.
- ^ Peavitt 2006, p. 31.