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Fire tongs, Shaker

Shaker
1850-1900
Object Place: Lebanon, New York, United States

Medium/Technique Iron
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Russell W. Knight - Collection of Ralph E. and Myra T. Tibbetts
Accession Number67.69
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsMetalwork

DescriptionHinged tongs with ball finial and flattened grips at end, hand-forged.
ProvenancePart of a collection of Shaker materials begun by Ralph E. and Myra T. Tibbetts; the Tibbets collection was inherited by their daughter and augmented by Mr. and Mrs. Russell W. Knight, Marblehead, Massachusetts (Accession Date January 11, 1967)