Unknown American
Fire Tongs or Pipe Tongs

Fire Tongs or Pipe Tongs

Public Domain

Maker
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Fire Tongs or Pipe Tongs
Date18th century
MediumIron
Dimensions20 1/4 in. (51.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.71.128
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Murphy Room
On view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Provenance[Roger Bacon, Exeter, New Hampshire]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1967; given to MFAH, 1971.
Exhibition History"Fill the Other Bowl, Boys!," Texarkana Historical Society, Texarkana, Texas, September 1–October 16, 1993.

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