Spherical finial; upper shaft handle is round and tapers to square lower shaft; bell-shaped shovel head; tapered drop ends in circle.
shovels
iron (metal)
wrought
Iron
Wrought
SHOVEL, FIREPLACE
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
35.625 x 5.875 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.999
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