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    Makers                                
 Numbers seen


Simeon Coley
Thomas Wallis
Richard Meach
Alexander Osborne
John Gale*
Stephen Adams
John Allen II*
John Frost
William and John Deane
Thomas and William Chawner
John Mansfield*
Ebenezer Coker
Thomas Stackhouse
Robert Cates*
Henry Morris*
John Newton
Samuel Eaton
Henry Bickerton
Thomas Justis
Thomas Townraw*
John Allen I*
Thomas Nash
Faux and Love
Reynolds Grignion
John Arnell
Francis Harache*
Stamp and Baker
John Cormick
William Allen I*
James Heley*
WC script
William Phelps
Phillips Garden
Henri Renaud


58
57
57
55
49
44
37
34
34
33
31
29
26
25
24
24
23
22
21
21
21
20
20
20
20
19
17
16
16
15
14
14
13
13

* Makers registered before 1740

It will be seen from the above list that another 34 makers made a total of 918 pairs - equivalent to a further 36.44% of the total number seen.

So, in all, a total of only 40 makers (11.6% of the 343 recorded London makers of Tea Tongs) are seen to be responsible for 67.44% of the total production of pairs of Tea Tongs.

These figures are based on a total of 2412 pairs bearing a London maker's mark as of January 9th 2012.