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Busselton Historical Society > Records

Iron - Tilley

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Tilley Lamp Company

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Laundry Equipment

Overview

A fuel iron with a small cream-porcelained body and black handle. The back is a bulb-shaped container for holding the fuel.
This is a kerosene operated Tilley Model DN250 iron. It has a regulating generator which enables the user to control the heat.

Historical information

A domestic iron, model DN.250, manufactured by the Tilley Lamp Company Ltd. The iron operates on paraffin (kerosene) and was first released in 1951.
Advertised as having no wires or flexes, it is a self-contained unit that could be used both indoors or out, for example, on holiday.
Burning for four hours on 1/3rd pint of paraffin, it was originally sold for £3/8/6. Cream coloured with a black bakelite (phenol formaldehyde) handle that attaches to the fuel tank, and a steel sole plate,
it was made in England (Hendon), although production moved to Ireland in the 1960s for the updated model, the DN 250A (production ceased in 1970).

Details

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Registration number

cwa-org-124-2025.108

Item type

Domestic Objects

Household Items

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Material

Inscriptions and markings

Inscribed on knob: "ON. TILLEY. OFF"
On back of iron, wording : "MODEL DN250
Made in England.
British Pat.524/19
Australian Pat.114305

Keywords

Laundry Equipment

Place made

United Kingdom

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Busselton Historical Society

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