Fireplace Tongs with Handle

Object/Artifact

Lake Champlain Maritime Museum

Name/Title

Fireplace Tongs with Handle

Description

Artifact 05-72 is a pair of wrought iron fireplace tongs with a cuprous handle.

Collection

Valcour Bay Research Project Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1776

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Tongs, Fireplace

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Accessory, Fireplace

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Heating Equipment Accessories

Nomenclature Class

Temperature Control Equipment

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Archaeological Project Number

Other Number

05-72

Dimensions

Length

51.5 cm

Material

Cupreous, Iron, Wrought Iron

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Conservation

Notes

Conserved

Relationships

Related Places

Place

Lake

Valcour Bay, Lake Champlain

State/Province

Vermont, New York

Related Events

Event

Battle of Valcour Bay