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It has an egg shaped finial and a tapering handle on a round disc, with a rigid knop "knee" aim and a conforming pivoting arm. The arms have "C" shaped shoulders and flattened ovoid pincer ends.
casting (process)
iron (metal)
Iron
Slip Cast
TONGS, FIREPLACE
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
21.25 (H) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.617
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