Tongs
Description
A pair of half round type metalworking tongs with long, straight handles. The jaws of the tongs have a groove running down their inside centre and they appear to have been painted black. Some illegible marks are engraved on one of the handles. One of the marks may read " HELLER. "
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This
ladle
was
used
by
Max
Oliver
Butcher
in
his
coachbuilding
business
on
Gill
Street
in
the
early-mid
1900s.
Max
came
to
New
Zealand
after
some
time
spent
in
Canada.
He
was
originally
from
England.
Accession number
PA2006.187
Collection type
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