Flatiron
date: label: date made
content: 1750 - 1825
notes: label: Description
content: Box iron with lift-up gate drawn by a cylindrical rod with pawn-shaped knob that slides through a band on the rear handle support. Handle has a wood barrel grip and curved-end supports possibly brazed or welded in place. Single piece, cast body has branched-spiral grills on all four interior sides. Conforming slug or heater with lifting hole near heel stored inside. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
label: place used
content: United States: Pennsylvania
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Pennsylvania
topic: 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: B. A. Bean
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.206401
label: catalog number
content: 206401
label: accession number
content: 36933
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flatiron
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, cast (body, slug material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron, wrought (handle, rod material)
label: Physical Description
content: walnut (grip material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/4 in x 4 1/2 in x 3 1/4 in; 13.335 cm x 11.43 cm x 8.255 cm