SUGAR CRACKER TONGS
France, 19th century
Steel
Long. : 20.7 cm
Steel sugar tongs with short opposing aspic blades and large oval rings.
These scissor-shaped pliers were used to break sugar or cut sugar loaves – the latter consisted of a conical block of white sugar sold until the end of the 19th century.
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