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OBJECT TYPE: ABSORPTIVE/DETACHABLE HANDLE
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.0312.001

MANUFACTURER: Ives, H.R. & Co.
MODEL: 55
LOCATION: Montréal, Québec, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: IRON BODY/ WOOD HANDLE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 17.1 cm
Width: 9.6 cm
Height: 12.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Domestic Technology
Category: Laundry
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Ives
Country: Canada
State/Province: Québec
City: Montréal

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: Unknown
Technical: MRS. POTTS STYLE COLD-HANDLE SAD IRONS WERE IMMENSELY POPULAR. THE DETACHABLE WOODEN HANDLE STAYED COOL, WAS COMFORTABLE TO HOLD & REDUCED THE TOTAL WEIGHT OF THE IRON. WHILE ONE BODY WAS IN USE, OTHERS WERE KEPT HOT ON THE STOVE.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: MFR. & PATENT EMBOSSED LETTERING ON IRON READS: 'MRS. POTTS. IRON PATENT GROUND/ H.R. IVES & CO. MONTREAL/ NO.55/ SIZE.3'.
Missing: From CA of 04/12/1994 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
Finish: BLACK IRON/ NATURAL HARDWOOD HANDLE ON CAST-IRON IRON.
Decoration: N/A

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Ives, H.R. & Co., Iron, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1987.0312, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0312.001/

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