Waffle Iron

Description:

Rectangular waffle iron, plier form; both plates feature a grid of four-tiered circles. Two, long, tapered handles, rectangular in section, one ending in a loop with shaped locking ring that fits over the ball-and-acorn terminal on the other handle to secure closed. Both handles with arrow-shaped pads welded to plates. No marks.

Date Made: late 18th or early 19th century1770-

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United Kingdom: EnglandUnited States

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life, Domestic Furnishings

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Credit Line: Gift of Miss Helen Thompson

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.372344Catalog Number: 372344Accession Number: 133104

Object Name: iron, waffle

Physical Description: iron, wrought (handles material)iron, cast (plates material)Measurements: overall: 2 7/8 in x 27 3/8 in x 5 1/2 in; 7.3025 cm x 69.5325 cm x 13.97 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-1f81-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_318630

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