Fireplace Tongs

Object/Artifact

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Perth Museum

Name/Title

Fireplace Tongs

Entry/Object ID

925.29.1b

Description

This elaborately fashioned and turned pair of tongs is in very good condition. It has a flattened mushroom-shaped knob on teh apex, cut in a radiating design. It has a slight patina of age with darker spots mottled throughout the metal, but otherwise quite lustrous. c. 1840

Made/Created

Date made

1840

Dimensions

Height

73 cm

Width

10.5 cm

Material

Cast Iron