Mystery pliers

[WiebeLC]

Can anybody tell me what these pliers were used for and who made them. I can't find any identifying marks on them. We found them in one of our buildings that had been used for storage for many years

[Papaw]

Seems my mother used something like that to lift Mason jars out of a boiling pot, and my wife used one when sterilizing baby bottles.

[Dakota Woodworker]

Probably came with an old camping cook kit for lifting hot pots off of the stove or fire.

[Branson]

Seems my mother used something like that to lift Mason jars out of a boiling pot, and my wife used one when sterilizing baby bottles.

As I recall, the mason jar tongs had jaws that grabbed both sides of the top.  Baby bottle tongs is what they look like to me.

[Ken W.]

I believe that is a pan gripper. You use them for pans that don't have a large lip such as a pizza pan.

[Billman49]

Pan lifters - similar are sold with Trangia camping stoves in the UK

[WiebeLC]

These pliers belong to the museum where I work. I was trying to do the museum documentation that is required before an object can be displayed. I couldn't find pan lifters in the nomenclature book that we use, but I found pot lifter. When I Googled that, I found pictures similar to our object. Thank you for the help.

[johnsironsanctuary]

Which museum do you work in?

[WiebeLC]

I work at the La Crete Mennonite Heritage Village in La Crete, Alberta, Canada.