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Description: | Copper alloy probable fire tongs fragment. Cast concavo-convex object in the form of a cockle shell, but with a cylindrical boss with internal screw thread at the top of its concave side. It is suggested this was where one of a pair of shell-shaped terminals was attached to the arm of a pair of dainty tongs from a companion set; this junction would necessarily have been at a sharp kink in the arm or to a lug on that arm. The small size may suggest that decorative appearance outweighed utility in this case. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900.Height: 31.4mm, Width: 33.8mm, Thickness (clear of fixing point): 1.8mm, Weight: 11.08gms.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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