Wafer Iron
date: label: date made
content: 1785-1786
notes: label: Description
content: Circular wafer iron, plier form; one plate features an incuse diamond pattern incorporating "JW / 1785", while the other has a stylized tree with "1786". Two, long, tapered handles, rectangular in section, with plain, rounded tips. Both handles have oblong pads double-riveted to plates. No additional marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Russell E. Sard
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.66.0421
label: catalog number
content: 66.0421
label: accession number
content: 264125
objectType: label: Object Name
content: iron, wafer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, wrought (handles material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron, cast (plates material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/8 in x 5 5/8 in x 35 1/8 in; 5.3975 cm x 14.2875 cm x 89.2175 cm