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Large Set of Wrought Iron Fire Tools
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Large Set of Wrought Iron Fire Tools

19th century
Description

A large set of late 19th century French wrought iron fire tools, shovel and tongs.

Length of tongs: 99 cm.

length of shovel: 98 cm.

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Hatchwell Antiques has dated these Wrought Iron Fire Tools to the 19th Century.

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SA1068341
Description
A large set of late 19th century French wrought iron fire tools, shovel and tongs.

Length of tongs: 99 cm.

length of shovel: 98 cm.

Date of Manufacture

Hatchwell Antiques has dated these Wrought Iron Fire Tools to the 19th Century.

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Hatchwell Antiques
Hatchwell Antiques
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Furniture & lighting alongside clocks, scientific & optical instruments.

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A pair of hand-forged wrought iron fire tools featuring a decorative shovel and tongs with open-twist handles and scrollwork details.
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Archive I A pair of hand-forged wrought iron fire tools featuring a decorative shovel and tongs with open-twist handles and scrollwork details.

Large Set of Wrought Iron Fire Tools

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Archive V A pair of hand-forged wrought iron fire tools featuring a decorative shovel and tongs with open-twist handles and scrollwork details. View V
Archive VI A pair of hand-forged wrought iron fire tools featuring a decorative shovel and tongs with open-twist handles and scrollwork details. View VI
Archive VII A pair of hand-forged wrought iron fire tools featuring a decorative shovel and tongs with open-twist handles and scrollwork details. View VII
Archive VIII A pair of hand-forged wrought iron fire tools featuring a decorative shovel and tongs with open-twist handles and scrollwork details. View VIII
Archive IX A pair of hand-forged wrought iron fire tools featuring a decorative shovel and tongs with open-twist handles and scrollwork details. View IX
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Archive XII A pair of hand-forged wrought iron fire tools featuring a decorative shovel and tongs with open-twist handles and scrollwork details. View XII
Archive XIII A pair of hand-forged wrought iron fire tools featuring a decorative shovel and tongs with open-twist handles and scrollwork details. View XIII
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SW10 0TZ
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A pair of hand-forged wrought iron fire tools featuring a decorative shovel and tongs with open-twist handles and scrollwork details.
Large set of wrought iron fire tools
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A pair of hand-forged wrought iron fire tools featuring a decorative shovel and tongs with open-twist handles and scrollwork details.
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Fire tools have been essential household implements for centuries, designed to manage, fuel, and tend open fires safely. Hand-forged iron examples reflect regional blacksmithing techniques, evolving from utilitarian implements into decorative hearthware during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Traditional fire tools were primarily crafted from wrought iron, forged by hand using anvil, hammer, and heat. Common blacksmithing techniques included twisting square iron rods to create decorative cage handles and hammering metal sheets into contoured shovel pans.

Authentic hand-forged pieces display slight irregularities in shape, hammer marks, and non-symmetrical decorative twists. Look for riveted joints, stamped patterns, and natural surface wear rather than smooth, uniform cast-iron finishes or modern machine welds.

Hand-forged fire tools add architectural texture when displayed beside a stone hearth, wood-burning stove, or brick fireplace. Contrast dark iron against pale masonry or lime-washed walls to highlight the graphic silhouette of the metalwork.

Keep iron metalwork dry to prevent oxidation and surface rust. Clean periodically with a soft brush or cloth, and apply a light coating of microcrystalline wax or traditional black bison paste to preserve the dark finish and protect against moisture.
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