Handheld sugar nippers for cutting and breaking apart lump sugar. Features semicircular blades on curved jaws and tapered, D-section handles, one with an interior leaf spring and the other with exterior blunt-tipped rod, that are connected by a rectangular box hinge decorated with punchwork concentric circles, tripartitie flourishes and dots. Hinged clasp at handle ends secures blades closed. Stamped below rod on outside of handle "B•SMITH" in incuse serif letters.