Colt Carbide Gas Flatiron
date: label: date made
content: ca 1903
name: label: maker
content: Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description
content: Pointed-toe iron with wood D-grip handle and removable flexible hose for use with Colt carbide-feed acetylene gas generator; no trivet or stand. Ignition hole at tip of deflector and screw-valve to regulate heat at its heel. Asbestos lining between deflector and body, which is lined with brass mesh and has semicircular vents at sides and an angled pipe with stop-cock extending from center back. Spiral-pattern, woven cloth-covered hose with spiral springs at both ends. No visible marks; inside of body not checked.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: appliances
label: Subject
content: Household Tools and Equipment
label: Subject
content: Laundry
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dr. Bernard S. Finn
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0510.01
label: accession number
content: 1982.0510
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0510.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flatiron
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: nickel plate (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (sole material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (hose material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (hose covering material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron wire (hose spring material)
label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (insulators material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 3/8 in x 19 3/8 in x 3 3/4 in; 16.1925 cm x 49.2125 cm x 9.525 cm