Fire Tongs
date: label: date made
content: 1790 - 1820
notes: label: Description
content: Tongs with box hinge above narrow elliptical shoulders, rectangular in section, that extend into two long, slightly tapered cylindrical arms ending in large, flattened ovoid grips or pads. Swelled columnar handle topped by a bulbous brass finial threaded over a hanging loop with jump ring is struck on one side above hinge with the incuse serif letters "w" and "C".
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.0120.02
label: accession number
content: 1977.0120
label: catalog number
content: 1977.0120.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tongs, fire
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, wrought (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (finial material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/8 in x 23 in x 2 1/2 in; 2.8575 cm x 58.42 cm x 6.35 cm