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Tongs

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1820-1840

GUSN

GUSN-11820

Description

Iron tongs with a belted ball finial on a turned brass handle and steel shaft.

Details

Descriptive Terms

tongs
brass (alloy)
Iron
Brass
Steel
Slip Cast
Wrought
TONGS

Associated Building

Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

25 x 2.25 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Amelia W. Little

Accession Number

1986.35.2

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