Fire tongs
Category
Metalwork
Date
1850 - 1900
Materials
Brass
Measurements
650 x 65 x 30 mm
Order this imageCollection
Tredegar, Newport
NT 1553207
Summary
Fire tongs. A brass set of tongs, one of a set of three fire-irons, 1850-1900. The arms consisting of two brass rods with serrated pincers, swivelling from a wheel, surmounted by a bulbous, four-sided finial handle. The accompanying two fire-irons are catalogue nos. TH/M/356 and 357
Provenance
Part of the collection on loan to the National Trust from Newport Museum and Galleries