Tongs, Ice

Object Name:

Tongs, Ice

Object ID:

2017.042.01

Date:

circa 1930

Description:

Ice tongs, used at Maplewood Farm, Concord, NH. Two curved steel arms with sharp pointed tips and maple handles. Handles have metal washers riveted to ends.

Material:

Metal
Steel
Wood
Maple

Dimensions:

H-12 W-7.2 D-4.1 inches

Provenance:

From Maplewood Farm, West Parish Road, Concord, NH. The farm was first owned by Ezra Abbott (b. 1765), who probably built the house in the 1790s. It remained in the Abbot family until 1858, when it passed to the Gile family, who owned it until the mid-20th century. Fred and Bertha Eastman owned the property until c. 1960, when it was acquired by Paul Abbott Burdette (1923-1978) and his wife Flora. They lived there until 1966. The donor is the son of Paul and Flora Burdette.

The gift includes a 1930s ice order book from the Penacook Lake Ice Company in West Concord. Maplewood Farm presumably bought ice from the company. The property includes an ice house/garage, built c. 1910.

Credit Line:

Gift of David Burdette, in memory of Flora Burdette

Subjects:

Icehouses, Ice, Ice industry, Farms