Fireplace tongs

Item Information

Title:
Fireplace tongs
Description:
Knopped steeple finial with lemon turning; beading. Rounded brass-colored handle merges into round metal shaft painted black. Shafts curve outward; flat pincers.
Date:
1795–1805
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
knops
metal
painting (coating)
turning (shaping process)
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
Unidentified Metal
Turned
Painted
Knopped
Places:
Maine > York (county) > South Berwick
Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.)
Extent:
29.938 in. x 3.25 in. x 1.563 in. (H x W x D)
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/8066
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
Accession #:
1949.350.2
Identifier:
8066