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- OBJECT TYPE
- Natural gas
- DATE
- 1949
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0307.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Clark's Stove Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- 374
- LOCATION
- Wales
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Iron top and bottom. Ceramic middle. Plastic handle. Brass knob on cock/valve.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 26.0 cm
- Width
- 10.5 cm
- Height
- 14.8 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
- Clark
- Country
- Wales
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Type used in Canada. Donated to the museum by a resident of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. - Function
-
To press or smooth textiles. A rubber tube or hose fed gas to the iron from a tap in the wall, or from a ceiling fixture. The iron had a cock to regulate the flow of gas into the iron and a valve to control the amount of air admitted into the mixing chamber. After ignition, the air/gas mixture burned in a perforated tube inside the iron. Gas irons can be identified by a longish pipe coming out of the rear of the iron and pointing up at an angle. This placement would keep the hose out of the way of the user. - Technical
-
A technological innovation from the sad iron with detachable handle. The user no longer had to remain close to the hot stove in order to continuously press textiles; they had the mobility of a long rubber tube which eliminated the need to remain close to a heat source. The Fairy Prince line came in blue and green. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Embossed on top of iron: 'CLARKS/ FAIRY/ PRINCE/ NO. 374/ G.B. REG. NOS. 781179/ 793227'.
- Missing
- From CA of 03/25/1994 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
- Finish
- Silver brushed iron (top). Chrome-plated (?) iron (bottom). Blue ceramic (middle). Black plastic handle. Twisted metal hose. Orange rubber ends of (hose).
- Decoration
- N/A
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Clark's Stove Co. Ltd., Iron, circa 1949, Artifact no. 1987.0307, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1987.0307.001/
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