"IWANTU" Comfort Gas Iron Cover with Handle
date: label: date made
content: 1913
name: label: maker
content: Strause Gas Iron Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Fixed-handle cover or top for a triangular or single-point iron; model name and place manufactured are cast in on top along with the size "6" at the toe. Angular metal strip handle is screwed onto cover and into ends of the black-painted wooden grip; its flat center section is stamped with patent dates. Overhanging cover secures to base 2005.0272.02 by the rounded projection at front below toe and the narrow slot at end, which corresponds to a twist-lock handle on the base.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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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 Baltimore Gas and Electric Home Products & Services, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0272.01
label: accession number
content: 2005.0272
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0272.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cover, gas iron
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, cast (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron, sheet (handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (grip material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 6 1/2 in x 4 in; 10.16 cm x 16.51 cm x 10.16 cm