"EAGLE" Fluting Machine

"EAGLE" Fluting Machine

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Description
Manually-operated fluting machine or iron with two, hollow, corrugated rollers, open at crank end, mounted horizontally one above the other to a single arm on a flat rectangular base with four splayed ogee feet; model and patent date are cast in top and maker across underside. Wooden-handled crank at right end of lower roller; frame holding upper roller is fastened to a vertical arm connected at bottom through a slot in base to a pull tab at front right that lifts the roller. Enamelled black. Top of mount and stand underside inscribed "17" in yellow chalk or crayon. Machine only; no tongs or slugs.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
iron, fluting
date made
1875 - 1891
patent date
1875-11-02
place made
United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Physical Description
iron, cast (overall material)
enamel (finish material)
brass (rollers material)
beech or maple (handle material)
Measurements
overall: 5 1/4 in x 11 in x 4 3/4 in; 13.335 cm x 27.94 cm x 12.065 cm
ID Number
DL.307541.0002
catalog number
307541.0002
accession number
307541
Credit Line
Gift of W. B. Lincoln, Jr.
subject
Household Tools and Equipment
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Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
Data Source
National Museum of American History
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