Waffle Iron
date: label: date made
content: ca 1815 - 1830
notes: label: Description
content: Rectangular waffle iron, plier form; both plates feature a grid of squares. Two, long, slightly bowed handles, circular in section, the shorter one ending in a scrolled hook with bent wire loop that fits over the bulb terminal on the other handle to secure closed. Both handles with arrow-shaped pads double-riveted to plates. Dome-headed handle pivot is peened over a domed washer. Cast-in marks on exterior of both plates include a relief profile bust of a man in military uniform, facing left, above the handle pads with "E. B." to his left and "BERLIN / CT" to his right in raised serif letters, placed sideways.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Berlin
topic: label: Subject
content: Cooking
label: Subject
content: Household Tools and Equipment
label: Subject
content: Kitchen utensils
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Food
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Estate of John Paul Remensnyder
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0090.91
label: accession number
content: 1982.0090
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0090.91
objectType: label: Object Name
content: iron, waffle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, wrought (handles material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron, cast (plates material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 24 1/2 in x 6 1/8 in; 6.985 cm x 62.23 cm x 15.5575 cm