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This goffering iron, or 'tally iron', was used for smoothing and crimping cuffs and frills on clothes. It has no stand but ends in a point which should probably be driven into a block of wood so that it could stand upright. It was formerly part of the collections of the Victoria & Albert Museum; it was described there as '18th century English' in origin.

1 finishing iron: metal (wrought iron); fair condition- incomplete (stand and rods missing)

1700-01-01 - 1799-12-31

Eighteenth century

Iron, goffering, Iron, tally