Pick-up Tongs

Date1750-1850

MediumIron

DimensionsLength: 18 1/4"

Credit LineGift of Mr. Albert C. Mazukna

Object number1990-176

DescriptionBlacksmith's tongs of light construction and conventional form.
Label TextThe early American blacksmith needed an array of tongs with different shaped jaws for handling differently sized and shaped pieces of iron. With long handles and thin pincer-like jaws, this pair was mainly used to move the hot cut-offs chopped free on the anvil.