Hook

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Object Name: 
Hook
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NY, Corning
Accession Number: 
84.7.23
Dimensions: 
Overall W: 13.7 cm, L: 112 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1930-1969
Credit Line: 
Gift of Corning Glass Works
Primary Description: 
Blackish iron; forged, or cast and worked. Long rod bent into a circular handle at one end and into a hook at the other.

More Info

Department: 
Science and Technology; Modern; Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Corning Glass Works, Main Plant, "B" Factory, Former Collection
1984-07
Corning Inc., Source
1984-07
Color: 
black
Technique: 
forged or cast and worked