Tongs

Description

Pair of tongs, with jaws shaped to hold an iron rod in the same plane as the handles, from the smithy at Langshaw, Galashiels, used c. 1921 - 1961

Museum reference

W.QI 40

Object name

Tongs

Date

c. 1921 - 1961

Materials

Iron

Associations

Father of donor: Kirkwood, Thomas, 1633 (fl.)
Langshaw, Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

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