George Booth is recorded as being active from 1800 to 1825.

This pair of tongs is in the standard Scottish fiddle pattern. With the Scottish fiddle pattern, the arms tend to be concave and the top part of the arm is longer than that of English fiddle pattern, As with many other Scottish sugar tongs, they are somewhat larger than similar English work, being 6 inches long and weighing a hefty 40 grams. These tongs have been marked on both arms identically.

The tongs have full Aberdeen marks but no Edinburgh hallmarks. George Booth is recorded as being active from 1800 to 1825. I have estimated these tongs to be c1810 but they could actually be any date when he was acive.