Object number
60/15
Description
This is a pair of metal curling tongs with round, flat ends which were used, when heated, for curling hair.
This is a pair of metal curling tongs with round, flat ends which were used, when heated, for curling hair. Nothing is known of their origin.
Physical description
1 pair of curling tongs: metal (iron); fair condition
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Standard museum name: … // Accession number: … // Classification: … // Negative number: … // Acquisition method: … // Acquired from: … // Date: … // Store: … // Condition: … // Recorder: … // Date: … // Description: Like a large, heavy pair of scissors, with long handles and short blades. Each blade ends in a thick disc of metal, facing each other. The blades no longer close properly, so the discs no longer meet. // Dimensions: Max Length 22cm. Blade length Inc. Disc, 5.5cm. Disc Diameters 3cm (Approx) // Associated information: (1) Extra large for Hair Dressers. Pinching Irons… Round head… Engraved script suggests a latter date after c.1820 for these engravings, but these could have been added. // References: Tools for the Trades and Crafts: An Eighteenth Century Pattern Book R Timmins & Sons, Birmingham. With Documentary by Kenneth D. Roberts Fitzwilliam, N. H. (The Bond Press, Connecticut).'
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- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_5352.tif - High resolution image
