Pipe tongs

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Pipe tongs

Entry/Object ID

PM.65.158

Description

Pipe tongs: spring in handle opens tongs when handle squeezed; tongs, flattened at ends, extend from curved terminals of handles; pipe tamper attached as terminal of one handle, ball as other.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Notes

Dates: 1668 - 1733 Date made: r. 1668 - 1733

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

PCR 6066
292

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Length

16-7/8 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 16 7/8 in. (42.9 cm)

Material

Iron

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Note in object file states: "Aartse's hearth, 1975"; note on object card states: "PM: Aartes' Room, Hearth"; this object has not been seen for an extended period during which several inventories were completed, so it has been declared missing [Jessa J. Krick, 11/30/2009]