FLATIRON, MRS POTTS - BASE
c. 1895 - 1950Broad canoe shaped hollow iron base with a frame screwed to the upper open section. There are two curved ribs running parallel to sides and an oval hole divided by a rib in the centre. The upper edge of the base has lettering around both sides and through the centre.
This iron was used by the Bettenay family to iron their cloths in the late 1800s through to the mid-1900s. The iron would have been heated on a plate suspended over a open fire and later on a wood fuel oven. The Bettenay family moved to Canning mills in 1895 to work at the timber mill. Joseph was the resident carpenter for the mill.
In 1903 the family purchased Irymple Orchard in Karragullen where they lived for the first few years in a timber slab hut. The family continue to run the orchard.
The Enterprise Manufacturing Company was formed in Philadelphia, U.S.A., in 1864 and produced a variety of cast iron hardware and kitchen products. The company was purchased and absorbed by Silex co in 1956.
Details
Details
Text on base; [ENTERPRISE MFG CO / NO 50 / PHILADELPHIA U.S.A.]
This object is part of a collection with provenance that represents the type of items that were used by individuals and families in their daily life. These objects can range from items used every day through to special objects that were treasured and brought out for special occasions. This collection also represents the type of objects that were once commonly used in the home and over time and have either gone out of fashion or evolved in design, material or into a different type of object that does a similar function.
City of Armadale - History House
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