tong
Object NameGripping/Piercing Tongs
Made FromWood, Iron
Date1880-1920
Place MadeGermany
TechniqueForged, Cut, Annealed, Polished, Turned, Drilled
SizeOverall W: 5.1 cm, L: 17.8 cm
Accession Number79.7.13 Q
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Botanical Wonders: The Story of the Harvard Glass Flowers
From the Darkness of the Sea: The Cornell Collection of Blaschka Glass Invertebrate Models
Modeling Nature: Slices of Glass History from the Collections
Not On View
Physical DescriptionWood, iron; forged, cut, annealed, polished, turned, drilled. One jaw with serrated interior surface, the other studded with five spokes decreasing in size towards the hinge; slightly curved, parallel handles.Provenance
Source
Gerhard Walther
- 1979-09-21
Former Collection
Leopold Blaschka
(1822-1895)
Former Collection
Rudolf Blaschka
(1857-1939)
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