Tongs
date: label: date made
content: 1900 - 1920
name: label: maker
content: Gorham Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description
content: Brightcut tongs with large, seven-fingered claw grips, made of one fixed arm having a flared and pointed terminal engraved with a gothic or Old English "W" on front, to which the smaller spring handle is secured with two rivets. Back of fixed arm struck at pointed shoulders with "900 FINE" in incuse serif letters to left of Gorham trademark (right-facing lion passant in rectangle, anchor in pointed shield, and roman letter "G" in rectangle).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Rhode Island, Providence
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. M. L. Turner
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.1258
label: catalog number
content: 60.1258
label: accession number
content: 70231
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Tongs
label: Object Name
content: tongs
label: Object Type
content: tongs
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 9 3/4 in x 2 5/8 in; 5.08 cm x 24.765 cm x 6.6675 cm