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- OBJECT TYPE
- META/TRAVEL
- DATE
- 1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0828.001
- MANUFACTURER
- BCM
- MODEL
- BRITISH BOUDOIR IRON W84C
- LOCATION
- England
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL; WOOD HANDLE. META FUEL TABLET
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 13.6 cm
- Width
- 4.7 cm
- Height
- 7.4 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
- BCM
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Europe
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY USED C.1930S
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO PRESS OR SMOOTH FABRICS, ESPECIALLY CLOTHING, WHEN TRAVELLING - Technical
-
META FUEL IRONS POPULAR IN ENGLAND & EUROPE. SMALL & RELATIVELY LIGHT, THEY MADE GOOD TRAVEL IRONS; INVERTED, THEY COULD BE HEATED AND USED AS A SMALL STOVE, TO HEAT A CURLING IRON OR WARM A CUP OR SMALL BOWL. META FUEL TABLET BURNS FOR APPROX. 8 MINS. AND COULD BE EXTINGUISHED & RELIT IF NEEDED. META FUEL STILL MADE 1970+ - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'BRITISH BOUDOIR IRON/ WORLD PATS GRANTED OR APPD FOR/ BCM/W84C' CAST IN RAISED PRINT INSIDE BASE/ '#338' HANDWRITTEN IN BLUE INK ON LABEL ON BASE/ 'META' STAMPED INTO BOTH HALVES OF FUEL TABLET
- Missing
- NONE EVIDENT
- Finish
- WOODEN HANDLE HAS LUMINESCENT GREEN STAINED & LACQUERED FINISH. SILVER METAL. WHITE META FUEL TABLET.
- Decoration
- N/A
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BCM, Iron, circa 1930, Artifact no. 1995.0828, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0828.001/
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