Electric flatiron. Metal, triangular-shaped body, matte heating soleplate, chrome-plated upper body. Temperature guide on top of body, lines debossed into metal, with “HIGH/LOW” on either side in serif font, debossed. Molded plastic pointer/selector, tiered, circular, pointed, black. Handle comprised of bent metal, attached with screws to body, with molded wooded grip, horizontal, painted silver (paint worn), molded plastic thumb piece, black. Two-pronged power cord attachment above heel rest, cord missing. Heel rest has attached metal plate, printed: “FOR ALTERNATING CURRENT ONLY/GENERAL ELECTRIC (GE)/Hot Point/CALROD/FEATHER WEIGHT/CAT.NO. 119F96 GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. U.S.A./VOLTS 115 WATTS 1000/PAT.1269106 1367341 1539605 1742558 1743073 1795180 RE 16654”.
Patents:
1269106, June 11, 1918, Wynn Meredith, assignor to Hotpoint Electric Heating Company, Ontario, California, for “Thumb-rest”
1367341, February 1, 1921, Charles C. Abbott, assignor to General Electric Company, New York, for “Electric heating unit”
1539605, May 26, 1925, Albert H. Simmons, assignor to Edison Electric Appliance Company, Chicago, Illinois/New York, for “Electric flatiron”
1742558, January 7, 1930, Charles P. Randolph, assignor to Edison Electric Appliance Company, Chicago, Illinois/New York, for “Electric heater”
1743073, January 7, 1930, Albert H. Simmons, assignor to Edison Electric Appliance Company, Chicago, Illinois/New York, for “Temperature-control device”
1795180 , March 3, 1931, Edwin A. Peterson, assignor to Edison Electric Appliance Company, Chicago, Illinois/New York, for “Flatiron"
Maker is General Electric Company, founded in 1878 as Edison Electric Light Company, GE was formed in 1892 by merging the Edison Electric Light Company and Thomson-Houston Company.