Three American Coin Silver Sugar Tongs

the first pair with mark of Hall & Hewson, Albany, New York, circa 1830, with retailer mark of Henry F. Bayeux Troy, New York, with period script monogram (6 1/2 in.); the second with mark attributed to J. W. Forbes, retailer mark of Benjamin Norton Cleveland, Newark, New Jersey, active 1790-1835, with period script monogram (6 1/2 in.); the third a pair of sugar tongs with mark of N. Harding & Co., Haverhill, Massachusetts, active 1851-1889, without monogram (6 in.)
3.85 total troy oz.
From the Collection of the late Zirkle James Estes, Jr., Charlottesville, Virginia
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Some scattered scratches, otherwise good estate condition.