White Star Line Elkington Plate "R" 1928 Individual 1st Class Asparagus Tongs

Description

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This is a pair of individual asparagus tongs by Elkington Plate for the White Star Line. They have the Elkington date letter R in quatrefoil for 1928. In 1928 White Star had a number of ships in service with first class accomodations including Homeric, Laurentic II, Doric II, Majestic II and Albertic. There is another pair on an eBay site priced at 200 GBP.
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