Among other purposes, these tongs might have been used in harvesting ice. These date from a period when they might have been hand-forged by a blacksmith.
Tongs. ca. 1800. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/1877-31-05/. Accessed on October 16, 2024.
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