found: Work cat.: Shlosberg, D. Eighteenth century silver tea tongs, 2004.
found: OED online, Feb. 15, 2006(Sugar tongs, a metal implement for taking hold of pieces of lump sugar (to put them in a beverage) consisting of two limbs connected by a flexible back (or a hinge) and furnished at each end with claws or a spoon-shaped plate; tea tongs, former name for sugar tongs)
found: Turner, N.D. American silver flatware, 1837-1910:p. 211 (sugar tongs)
found: Newman, H. An illustrated dictionary of silverware, 1987:p. 307 (bow tongs, fire tongs, spring tongs, tea tongs, and sugar tongs)
found: WWW.silvercollection.it web site, Mar. 9, 2006(tea tongs (called also sugar tongs or sugar nips); used to lift sugar pieces)
notfound: Web. 3;The Penguin dictionary of decorative arts, 1989
