University of Reading | Archive and Museum Database

Object number
68/259
Description
This is a pair of curling tongs, used when heated for curling hair. These tongs came from the Hever Castle Estate in Kent.
This is a pair of curling tongs, used when heated for curling hair. These tongs came from the Hever Castle Estate in Kent.
Physical description
1 pair of curling tongs: metal (iron); good condition
Archival history
MERL ‘Handwritten Catalogue’ form - ‘CURLING TONGS // PERSONAL USE toilet // Miss E Best, Edenbridge, Kent. March 1968 // IRON [pencil drawing].’
Object name
Tongs, curling
Material
Metal, iron
Associated subject
PERSONAL LIFE : health, wellbeing and personal care
Associated person/institution
Hever Castle Estate (Corporate Body)
External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_9715.tif - High resolution image