PAIR OF SUGAR TONGS ART DECO DATED 1936 A.M&S.LD 17.7 GRAMS

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PAIR OF SUGAR TONGS ART DECO DATED 1936 A.M&S.LD 17.7 GRAMS:
$60.23

DATE/MARK:
There is a full British hallmark showing the Crown of the Sheffield assay office, the Lion passant indicating sterling silver and the date letter \'t\' 1936.
DIMENSIONS:
The LENGTH of the TONGS is 93.4mm Approx.The WIDTH of the TONGS is 13.1mm Approx.WEIGHT:The WEIGHT of theTONGS is 17.7 grams Approx.
WONDERFUL PAIR OFART DECO SUGARTONGS.
THIS IS A WONDERFUL PAIR OF TONGS SET IN STERLING SILVER.THE TONGS HAVE A NICE PATTERNING UP THE ARMS.THERE ISA FULL BRITISH HALLMARK SHOWING THE CROWN OF THE SHEFFIELD ASSAY OFFICE, THE LION PASSANT INDICATING STERLING SILVER AND THE DATE LETTER \'t\' 1936.THE MAKERS MARK IS \'AM&SLD\'.A LOVELY ITEM.
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HERE ARE A FEW EVENTS THAT HAPPENED THE YEAR THIS WAS MADE!

January 20th - Death of King George V at Sandringham, 11.55pm, aged 70
February 20th - Left wing government took power in Spain under Manuel Azana
March 7th - Rhineland occupied by Germany in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles
May 9th - King Victor Emmanuel of Italy had been proclaimed Emperor of Abyssinia by Mussolini.
June 3rd - Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia arrived in London in exile
June 6th - Gatwick airport came into operation
July 17th - Civil war began in Spain between Republicans and Nationalists
July - he Berlin Olympics. Much to Hitler\'s displeasure the hero of the games was black American athlete Jesse Owens who took 4 Gold medals (100 metres 200 metres , long Jump and 400 metre relay
August 16th - 16 of Stalin\'s opponents were executed after a show trial
October 5th - Start of the Jarrow march (Jarrow Crusade) to publicise the plight of the jobless, 200 unemployed miners from Jarrow on Tyne marched to hand a petetion (11,572 signatures) to Downing Street about the plight of the jobless in the North East of England, where 80 per cent of the population were without work.
October 23rd - German \'Condor\' Legion sent to Spain to help Franco\'s forces
November - Roosevelt was elected for a second term - the New Deal was proving successful
November 29th - Crystal Palace destroyed by fire, the glow could be seen from Brighton
December 10th - Abdication of Edward VIII ended constitutional crisis his eldest brother Albert, the Duke of York became King George VI
The BBC inaugurates the TV service
Life magazine begins publication
Allan Lane starts Penguin Books

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