Iron tongs and shovel with brass handles; tongs have turned baluster handle surmounted by a ball finial; shovel has two bulbs in stem and a brass ball finial.
shovels
brass (alloy)
iron (metal)
Brass
Iron
SHOVEL, FIREPLACE
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
5 (W) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.676.1
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