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Molded brass handle above circular domed medial hinge. Cylindrical wrought arm shafts with shoulders terminate in flat round pincers.
brass (alloy)
iron (metal)
molding (forming)
wrought
Brass
Iron
Wrought
Molded
TONGS, FIREPLACE
Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
Unknown
22 x 2.75 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.756
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