Fireplace Tongs

Item Information

Title:
Fireplace Tongs
Description:
Cast brass belted ball finial and turned shaft over iron "arms" with flattened penny shaped grips.
Date:
1800–1830
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
brass (alloy)
iron (metal)
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
Brass
Iron
Places:
Massachusetts > Essex (county) > Essex
Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.)
Extent:
21 in. x 2.625 in. (H x W)
Link to Item:
https://gusn.us/11103
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
Accession #:
1992.439
Identifier:
11103