Goffering Iron
date: label: date made
content: ca 1835 - 1925
notes: label: Description
content: Goffering iron with S-curve wire support on tiered, conical base; plain barrel with molded opening has a block for attaching the support integrally cast partway along its underside. Cast, tapered cylindrical heater or slug with straight wire handle ending in a wrought loop; slug is seamed lengthwise and has the letter "C" cast in side at handle end. No marks on stand; a piece of paper with writing is stuffed into barrel tip.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.388258
label: catalog number
content: 388258
label: accession number
content: 182022
objectType: label: Object Name
content: iron, goffering
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, cast (barrel, base, slug material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron wire (handle, support material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 3/4 in x 18 in x 4 in; 22.225 cm x 45.72 cm x 10.16 cm