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- OBJECT TYPE
- ABSORPTIVE/EGG
- DATE
- 1800–1850
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0835.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL (PROBABLY IRON) SHAFT & EGG-SHAPED FORM; WOODEN HANDLE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 37.5 cm
- Width
- 7.0 cm
- Height
- 3.5 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Europe
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF IRON USED C.1800-1900, AND POSSIBLY LATER
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED TO SMOOTH PUFFED SLEEVES, RUFFLES, BONNETS & CAPS, BUSTLES, ETC. FROM THE INSIDE - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF SPECIALTY IRONING DEVICE EGG, BALL, AND MUSHROOM. SHAPED VARIETIES OF WHICH WERE DEVELOPED IN EARLY 19TH C. THESE IRONS WERE EITHER HAND HELD OR MOUNTED ON A STAND. THE ROUNDED FORM WAS HEATED, AND MATERIAL DRAWN OVER THE BALL. PUFFED SLEEVES, BUSTLES, CAPS, BONNETS, GATHERS & SIMILAR FORMS IRONED WITH IRON EGG - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NONE
- Missing
- NONE
- Finish
- TURNED WOODEN HANDLE HAS BEEN POLISHED
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Iron, between 1800–1850, Artifact no. 1995.0835, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0835.001/
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