Home / Kitchen/Hearth: 18th and 19th Century / EMBER TONGS 1750-1800 EMBER TONGS 1750-1800 Description Description Ember tongs found many uses including lifting coals to light pipes or start fires. These tweezer tongs are unusual in their design with the rapping of the iron and the rat tail finial. 21″ Long. (LXKE) List Price: $375