Spherical brass finial on cylindrical handle with four ring turnings terminating in circular disc hinge. Two brass shafts extend from hinge. Below spurs, shaft merges with blackened iron shafts, terminating in ovoid "penny" pincers.
brass (alloy)
iron (metal)
Brass
Iron
TONGS, FIREPLACE
Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
Unknown
28 x 3.125 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.473.2
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