Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: French Drawing Room
About this object
The handle, like that of the shovel, is made of two bulbous shapes. It is fastened to a wide piece of flexible steel which allows the rods to squeeze together for lifting.
- Made from:
- Gilt bronze -- steel
- Made in:
- France
- Date made:
- 18th c.
- Size:
- 75.6 cm (29 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 14.65.2
- Class:
- METAL
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973