Handheld sugar nippers for cutting and breaking apart lump sugar. Features spade-shaped blades on curved jaws and tapered, D-section handles, one with an interior leaf spring and the other with exterior, short, conical-tipped, tapered rod, that are connected by a rectangular box hinge decorated with punchwork concentric circles and dumbbell shapes. Hinged clasp at handle ends secures blades closed. Stamped inside handle with rod "B.SMITH" in tiny incuse serif letters.
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