Flatiron
date: label: date made
content: 1750-1780
label: date made
content: late 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: Box iron with lift-up gate drawn by a square rod with forge-welded spring that slides through a band on the rear handle support. Handle has an incurved cylindrical wood grip and curved-end supports held in place by square thumbscrews; face of front support stamped "2". Four-piece brazed body has a six-spiral, forge-welded grill on sole interior and is supported by three internal rivets, one at each corner. No other marks. No slug.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place used
content: United States: New England
label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
label: used
content: United States: New England
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.63.0830
label: catalog number
content: 63.0830
label: accession number
content: 245698
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flatiron
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, cast (body, gate material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron, wrought (handle, rod, grill material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (grip material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 5 1/8 in x 3 5/8 in; 13.97 cm x 13.0175 cm x 9.2075 cm