On View
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DateEarly 1800s
Terms
- Fireplace Tongs
- Iron
- Denmark
Dimensions7.61 × 76.14 cm (3 × 30 in.)
Credit LineGift of Cummings E. Davis (1886)
Object numberH0136
DescriptionFireplace tongs, two arms pivoted at top. Rectangular slot in longer arm, projection from shorter arm fits into slot, rivet through both arms. Top tip of the long arm has turning-like decoration with large ball at very tip. Below pivot, both arms spread out in circle shape. Below this arms are round, coming closer together toward tips. Tips of both are flattened to oval shape. Painted black (??).
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