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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 155750, member: 111&quot;]The frame is Pairpoint, the clip below is from an 1896 retailer&#039;s catalog, but it&#039;s identical to the one shown in Pairpoint&#039;s 1894 catalog, noted in both places as &#039;Triple Plated&#039;.&nbsp; The Pairpoint catalog shows 4 different tong designs rotated among several pickle casters (the 1886 Meriden catalog also shows only 4 different tongs).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]42099[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The tongs are Tufts, the clip below is from an 1898 Tufts catalog, these were being phased out in the 1890s, 19 are shown in the 1896 Tufts catalog, only 4 in 1899 - the same tongs were shown with all of the Tufts pickle casters.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]42100[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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