Goffering Iron
date: label: date made
content: ca 1835 - 1925
label: date made
content: end of 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: Goffering iron with S-curve wire support on domed base; plain barrel with ringed opening has a block for attaching the support integrally cast partway along its underside. Cast, tapered cylindrical heater or slug is seamed lengthwise and has a straight wire handle ending in a wrought loop. No marks on stand or slug.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.388259
label: catalog number
content: 388259
label: accession number
content: 182022
objectType: label: Object Name
content: iron, goffering
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, cast (barrel, base, slug material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron wire (handle, support material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 13 3/8 in x 3 in; 13.97 cm x 33.9725 cm x 7.62 cm