Record ID: SOM-5F95C6
Object type: TONGS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a pair of cast copper pipe tongs of probable seventeenth century date. The fragment measures 39.5mm by 8.8mm by 3.1mm and weighs 3.2g. When complete, the tongs would have consisted of two arms with a central hinge. The surviving fragment is one of the arms' terminals, which has been moulded to represent a human hand. At other end of the fragment there is a short forward curving U-shaped section, above which the arm has broken. This end of the tongs would have been used to pick up burning embers to light a pipe. At the opposite end, it is likely that one arm would have bee…
Created on: Tuesday 24th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Petherton', grid reference and parish protected.