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Fireplace tongs

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1860-1880

GUSN

GUSN-20212

Description

Fireplace tongs w/ brass ball finial; flat circular ends of tongs for grasping; tongs connected at circle below handle; handle turned w/ sphered finial.

Details

Descriptive Terms

iron (metal)
Iron
TONGS, FIREPLACE

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

29 x 2.75 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.3378

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