Fire tongs
Category
Metalwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
steel
Measurements
730 mm (L); 750 mm (L); 760 mm (L)
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Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 289577.3
Summary
fire tongs one of three steel fire irons, not matching. a) Shovel, stem with two bulges, top with a round knop and a spiral twist terminal. b) Poker, with straight end, stem with two bulges and an urn finial. c) Tongs with hinged arms, tips meeting with a pointed roundel. Two groups of rings are on the arms which curve out at the top, joining onto a central joint with a baluster handle and faceted bell finial.