General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Iron body. Some nickel plating.

Dimensions

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

Length

14.0 cm

Width

7.0 cm

Height

10.0 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

Manufactured by Ives and Allen, a leading Canadian manufacturer of irons in the early 20th century.

Function

To polish textiles. After pressing stiffly-starched collars and shirt fronts, one polished them by dampening the surface very slightly and rubbing the hot polishing iron backwards and forwards over the area at great speed. For polishing shirt collars, cuffs, chintz etc.

Technical

Perforated handle provided a simple improvement to problems of heat and discomfort experienced by iron users.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Embossed lettering on iron reads: 'H.R. IVES & CO./ [M]ONTREAL NO.77/STAR POLISHER/ PAT. DEC. 18, 1877'.

Missing

From CA of 03/23/1994 by Tony Missio: No - Complete

Finish

Nickel-plated iron.

Decoration

Four rows of open holes decorate the handle. There is also an embossed star in the middle of the iron.