"Sensible" Sad Iron
date: label: date made
content: ca 1890
label: Date made
content: DELETE
label: patent date
content: 1887-09-06
notes: label: Description
content: Cold handle, double-point iron with a patented removable or detachable handle consisting of a contoured wooden grip on U-shaped base with a spring-lock thumb lever mounted on front that catches under a notch in the front tip of the iron, and a projection at back that fits under a loop or staple at the back tip; black finish. Maker along with product name and number cast in top of body.
label: Description
content: Maker is N. R. S. & Co. (or N. R. Streeter & Co.) of Groton, NY; dates in operation not known. Nelson R. Streeter of Groton, NY, received U.S. Patent No. 369569 on September 6, 1887 for his spring-operated removable handle sad iron. A variety of "Sensible" irons (general, polishing, smaller toilet size, sleeve) were made; the general use iron came in two styles (double and single point) as a set of three bottoms (5, 6 and 7 lbs.) with detachable handle and stand.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Groton
topic: label: Subject
content: Household Tools and Equipment
label: Subject
content: Laundry
label: Subject
content: Patented
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Edith R. Meggers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.314637.0066
label: catalog number
content: 314637.0066
label: accession number
content: 314637
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flatiron
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (body, handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (spring, possibly staple material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (grip material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/4 in x 5 1/2 in x 2 7/8 in; 12.065 cm x 13.97 cm x 7.3025 cm