Conforming handle terminating in medial circular brass hinge connecting two steel shafts with rounded shoulders. Shafts curve inward sharply with knop turning above waist. Shafts terminate at ovoid pincer ends.
brass (alloy)
steel (alloy)
turning (shaping process)
Brass
Steel
Turned
TONGS, FIREPLACE
Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
Unknown
32 x 4.125 x 1.5 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.398.2
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