Object number
68/210
Description
Box iron, which has a hollow base to hold heated 'slugs' or blocks. Used at Penzance, Cornwall by the May family.
This is a box iron, which has a hollow base to hold heated 'slugs' or blocks. This is possibly of a type of iron called a flounce, or sleeve iron, used for reaching high up into pleats or sleeves. This iron was used at Penzance, Cornwall by the May family.
Physical description
1 box iron: all metal; good condition
Archival history
MERL ‘Handwritten Catalogue’ form - ‘IRON (BOX) // Domestic Cleaning laundering ironing // Somers Frieth Henley // Iron Cornwall- Barniss Hill Penzance, Family Name: MAY [pencil drawing].’
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_9226.tif - High resolution image
