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Fireplace Tongs

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1875

GUSN

GUSN-65012

Description

Shaft; clapper ends; rounded shoulders; appld. brass medallion

Details

Descriptive Terms

brass (alloy)
steel (alloy)
turning (shaping process)
Brass
Turned
Steel
TONGS, FIREPLACE

Associated Building

Original to Roseland Cottage (Woodstock, Conn.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

28.75 (H) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret Carson Holt

Accession Number

1970.866.4

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