Tongs, Shelf

Name/Title

Tongs, Shelf

Entry/Object ID

2008.020.001

Description

Shelf Tongs or "grabber" for taking items off high shelves. Wood handle 66" long, round 1" diameter. Fitted at one end with metal pincers, closable by a hand lever at the midpoint of the handle. Thought to have been used in the Williams Bros Store in Dark Harbor. Found in Christ Church parish house basement by Leonard Bates.