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John Faux & George Love Sterling Tea Tongs / Sugar Nips c.1770, London maker's marks

Compare 1 source-linked mark variant recorded under John Faux & George Love Sterling Tea Tongs / Sugar Nips c.1770, London. These are reconstructions for comparison, not source photographs or authentication evidence.

Mark variant 1

John Faux & George Love Sterling Tea Tongs / Sugar Nips c.1770, London: Uppercase J, pellet, uppercase F above uppercase G, pellet, uppercase L inside one four-lobed cartouche; line reconstruction.
Line reconstruction
John Faux & George Love Sterling Tea Tongs / Sugar Nips c.1770, London: Uppercase J, pellet, uppercase F above uppercase G, pellet, uppercase L inside one four-lobed cartouche; oxidized reconstruction.
AI-assisted oxidized reconstruction

Uppercase J, pellet, uppercase F above uppercase G, pellet, uppercase L inside one four-lobed cartouche.

Low confidence comparison reconstruction.

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