Object number
51/113
Collection
Description
DEACCESSIONED. Please note that this object no longer forms part of the Museum of English Rural Life collection and cannot be accessed at our institution.
Goffering iron for crimping and fluting caps and trimmings. The goffering iron was a metal tube set horizontally on a stand. The tube was heated by inserting a metal poker-like rod.
Physical description
deaccessioned
Archival history
Citation in publication [H. J. Massingham, 'Country Relics' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1939)] –'Huge saucepans, pots for puddings, ladles for basting, goffering irons (of which I possess a set) for crimping and fluting her cap and the like, populated the fireplace.' (p.212) [see also 51/114), MERL list / description [Massingham Collection, October 1989] – 'ACC. NO.: 51/113 // NAME: GOFFERING IRON // NEG NO.: - // STORAGE: w/d.'
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