Please Help I.D. Maker and Pattern of Antique Sugar Tongs

[sdiceman]

Hello all. I am stumped as to the maker of these lovely sugar tongs. I have included one photo of the tongs, and two of the maker's mark. The tongs are also stamped 'Sterling' and 'Patent'. Thank you in advance!

[dragonflywink]

Your obscured mark belongs to Alvin, the design is a variant in their multi-motif pattern 'Majestic' (1901 patent #D34858).

See bottom mark: Alvin

~Cheryl

[sdiceman]

Cheryl,

Wow! I am impressed. I pride myself on being pretty savvy on the Internet when it comes to research, but I can say with confidence that I never would have deciphered that mark as the mark for Alvin silver manufacturing. I am in awe of the skill of the contributors to this site, and I greatly appreciate it.