Waffle iron
date: label: Date
content: 19th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
notes: label: Description
content: A waffle iron with rectangular plates and elongated handles. Each interior of surface of the waffle plates has three (3) sections of pocket patterns: hearts, diamonds, and squares with engraved star shapes. The exterior of the plates are decorated with a scroll, arabesque pattern and each have the letters [ON] in the top right corner. The plates are connected at the bottom with two (2) hinges. Each handle has been threaded through a hole at the top of the plates and welded into place. The handles have small ball-shaped tips. On the back one of the waffle plates, near the hinge, is a painted white rectangle with handwritten black text that reads [R214].
place: label: Place used
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Skilled labor
label: Topic
content: Slavery
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.108.24.14
objectType: label: Type
content: ironwork
label: Type
content: waffle irons
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: iron
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 29 1/8 × 8 11/16 × 1 15/16 in. (74 × 22 × 5 cm)