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GUSN-12463
Carved wooden handle with a brass neck ring screwed and bolted to the molded cast iron in the shape of two ams terinating in molded human hands.
tools
brass (alloy)
carving (processes)
casting (process)
iron (metal)
wood (plant material)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
hands (animal or human components)
Iron
Brass
Carved
Slip Cast
Hand
TOOL
Stamped on the handle below the neck ring is: Pat. Aug. 19, 1879.
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
2.75 (W) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1614
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