Waffle Iron
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
label: date made
content: 1810-1840
notes: label: Description
content: Rectangular waffle iron, plier form; both plates feature a grid of squares with raised, eight-petaled rosettes. Two, long, slightly bowed handles, circular in section, the shorter one ending in a flat scroll with shaped locking ring that fits over the ball-and-bulb terminal on the other handle to secure closed. Both handles with arrow-shaped pads double-riveted to plates. Handle pivot is peened over domed washers. Cast-in marks on exterior of both plates "W. S." above "CAIRO" in raised serif letters.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Cairo
topic: 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: 1982.0090.60
label: accession number
content: 1982.0090
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0090.60
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: 3 3/8 in x 27 in x 6 in; 8.5725 cm x 68.58 cm x 15.24 cm