Collection Highlights
"A Visit from St. Nicholas"
Date:
1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Moore.1
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Luce Center
Pliers
Object Number:
INV.903
Date:
ca. 1870-1910
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 2 in. ( 1.3 x 21.6 x 5.1 cm )
Marks:
hand written: in pen on underside of lower jaw: "E.B. CHILDS"
molded: into the interior of one arm: "3"
molded: into side: "[?] MMINGS & SONS/3/WARRANTED/STEEL & HAMMER"
Description:
Cast iron pliers with curved jaws and corrugated teeth above a small rectangular hammer head; the end of one arm of the pliers has a V-shaped nail remover.
Credit Line:
Gift of Edmund B. Child
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
