The extensive research undertaken to complete this book has clearly shown that there were a number of goldsmiths who seemed to specialise in the production of Tea Tongs.

The top six makers listed below produced, between them, 33.6% of the total number of pairs of Tea Tongs with identifiable makers' marks seen.

As of December 31st 2009 these number 2323 pairs.

Shown below are the marks of these makers and the numbers of pairs seen marked for them as a percentage of all the pairs seen.

       Henry Plumpton         8.2% of total

       John Gorham *           6.6% of total

       William Chatterton       5.1% of total

        Richard Mills            4.8% of total

         William Harrison        3.6% of total

        Gawen Nash  *          3.8% of total

* Makers registered before 1740

Clearly the total tally of 32.0% pairs marked for these six goldsmiths strongly suggests that they were Specialist Makers of Tea Tongs.