Waffle Iron
name: label: maker
content: Griswold Manufacturing Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Stove-top waffle iron consisting of a high, circular base with two lug handles that holds a pair of removable, circular plates with wire coil handles. Plates are connected by a ball hinge and patterned with a four-quadrant grid of squares. Notches in base allow plates to be flipped 180 degrees. Raised cast-in marks on exterior of plates include the company's logo ("GRISWOLD" in italic letters) at center with pattern name and size "AMERICAN / No. 8 (arched)" above and "THE GRISWOLD MFG. CO. / ERIE PA., U.S.A. / PAT'D DEC. 1, 1908" (curved)" below; pattern number "885" on male plate and "886 / B" on female plate. If slanted, pre-1920; if block, post-1920.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Erie
topic: label: Subject
content: appliances
label: Subject
content: Household Tools and Equipment
label: Subject
content: kitchen
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Food
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.67.0901
label: catalog number
content: 67.0901
label: accession number
content: 287134
objectType: label: Object Name
content: iron, waffle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, cast (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wire, iron (handles material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 5/8 in x 16 1/8 in x 12 3/4 in; 11.7475 cm x 40.9575 cm x 32.385 cm