The William K. du Pont Collection: Important Americana from Rocky Hill

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Exceptional Wrought Iron and Cast Brass 'Diamond-Head' Shovel and Associated Tongs, America or England, Circa 1750

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January 23, 10:36 PM GMT

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1,500 - 2,500 USD

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Exceptional Wrought Iron and Cast Brass 'Diamond-Head' Shovel and Associated Tongs

America or England

Circa 1750

Lengths 28 3/4 in.

Shovel: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Worldly Goods: The Arts of Early Pennsylvania, 1680-1758, Philadelphia Museum of Art, October 1999-January 2000.

Shovel: Jack L. Lindsey, Worldly Goods: The Arts of Early Pennsylvania, 1680-1758, (Philadelphia, PA: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1999), p. 210, no. 313.