Pickle Tongs
date: label: date made
content: 1880s
label: date made
content: ca 1880
notes: label: Description
content: Wire spring-type tongs with curvilinear decorative pieces soldered to the outside of both arms and three-clawed oval grips attached at their ends. No marks. From pickle caster, 1979.0800.01-.04.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Taunton
label: place used
content: United States: Virginia, Chase City
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Food
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Anna H. Newby
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0800.04
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0800.04
label: accession number
content: 1979.0800
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tongs, pickle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver plate (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (bow material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 6 1/4 in x 2 1/2 in; 2.54 cm x 15.875 cm x 6.35 cm