A pair of George V novelty silver and enamel "Dutch Doll’' sugar tongs, Cohen & Charles, London, 1922
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Style: European Silver, Ceramics, and Objects of Vertu
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A pair of George V novelty silver and enamel "Dutch Doll’' sugar tongs, Cohen & Charles, London, 1922
painted enamel head and hinged limbs
9.1cm., 3 1/2 in. high
35.8gr., 1oz. 3dwt.
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9.1cm., 3 1/2 in. high
35.8gr., 1oz. 3dwt.
Catalogue Note
The design of Dutch Doll pattern sugar tongs was inspired by the illustrations in The Adlentures of Two Dutch Dolls and a Golliwogg by Florence Kate Upton (1873-1922), published in 1895. These characters became so popular that they were adapted for the theatre; in 1901 a children's play, Katawampus, included a live Dutch Doll and in 1905 a ballet at the Empire Theatre, Leicester Square, featured a similar Dutch Doll dance.
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