Wrought Iron Portable Bail with Handle and Two Pairs of Ice Tongs

Description:

Wrought Iron Portable Bail with Handle and Two Pairs of Ice Tongs, America, late 18th/early 19th century, the two hooks suspended from a bowed handle, (imperfections),lg. 14 1/2, wd. 8, the smaller pair of tongs with suppressed loop handles, the larger pair of tongs with bowed handle attached by two loops to working arms of tongs, (imperfections),lg. to 14 1/2, wd. to 7 1/2 in.

Provenance: The Howard Roth Collection.
Estimate $50-75

The bail with losses to hooks and overall rust; the tongs with scattered surface rust.


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