Silver Sugar Tongs by Hester Bateman London circa 1780

Prior to the mid 1770s most of Bateman’s work was for other silversmiths and was sold with their makers mark and she retired in 1790. So its likely these were produced between 1775 and 1790.

Hester Bateman (bap. 1708 – 16 September 1794^[1]) was an English silversmith, renowned for her high quality flatware and ornamental silverware. A craftswoman working within the family business, she was succeeded in turn by her sons, daughter-in-law, grandson and great-grandson. The Bateman family silversmithing company lasted until the middle of the nineteenth century.