What are people's thoughts on the date of these Tea Tongs, the mark shown and where they might be made? (c.1760, London, Colonial or Provincial?) I was attracted to them because of the unusual shape of the finger rings.
There is a contemporary family initial engraving of "D" on the central hinge:
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/L8YCkyDq/tea-tongs1.jpg)
This is the only mark present (is it a badly struck Lion Passant, or a makers mark), There are no further marks in the bowls or on the finger rings.
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/MGsmhV9k/tea-tongs2.jpg)
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/d3CRkXwv/tea-tongs3.jpg)
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/rwMGsQbX/tea-tongs4.jpg)
Many thanks
Simon