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Thin squared rod attached to left of fireplace wall by two rings driven into brick; long arm perpendicular to rod, tapers toward upturned end; the crane has a short hook (10.5 cm long) with upturned spearhead end permanently attached by a circular eye (probably not original to the crane).
firesets
iron (metal)
wrought
Iron
Wrought
CRANE, FIREPLACE
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
1.75 (W) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1037
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