Fireplace Poker

Object/Artifact

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Perth Museum

Name/Title

Fireplace Poker

Entry/Object ID

925.29.1a

Description

This elaborately turned steel fireplace poker is in quite good condition. It has a flattened mushroom-shaped knob on the top, cut in a radiating design. It has a slight patina of age with dark spots mottled throughout the metal, otherwise it is quite lustrous. c. 1840

Made/Created

Date made

1840

Dimensions

Height

73 cm

Material

Cast Iron