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Penny pad ends attached to hinged iron shafts with ball turning each; hinged in circular style with banded brass finial.
tongs
brass (alloy)
iron (metal)
Iron
Brass
SHOVEL, TONGS
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Unknown
England
3.5 (W) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.485.2
Possibly
Possibly
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