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IRON
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Overview
Clothes Iron, base only.
Designed to be used with a removable wooden and metal handle
Made by Bless & Drake, Newark, New Jersey.
Details
Details
Registration number
cwa-org-37-2001.245
Item type
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Material
Inscriptions and markings
Bless and Drake, Newark N.J.
Contextual Information
Often known as a sad iron. The term 'sad' was in reference to the weight of the iron. It was based on the Old English word 'sad' meaning heavy, dense or solid.
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