Top-handled chopping or mincing knife with single, large rectangular blade having rounded corners and an integral, tapered rectangular shaft peened to a swelled cylindrical wooden handle with three grooves near its ends. Blade struck “W\M/GREAVES&SONS” in incuse serif letters.
Pointed-toe, ox tongue box iron with strap handle riveted to top and pivot gate with single pin and diamond- or lozenge-shaped plate attached to right side of body; rounded heel for polishing. Single, elongated, wrought iron S-curve rib peened to sole interior (to conduct heat). Strap handle rivets and gate handle all have acorn knops. Conforming slug or heater with pierced hole near heel stored inside. No marks.
Fixed-handle flatiron with round pointed toe and size "6" cast in top of body. Handle has a horizontal grip and shallow S- or cyma-curve sides, rectangular in section, individually attached into raised, straight tapered, rectangular bases or sockets; black finish. Part of doll's stove and accessories, DL*61.1061A-P.
Removable handle, pointed-toe flatiron with size "6" and "WILSONS / PATENT" cast in at front and back on top of body. Vertically-seamed cast handle is flattened oval in section with a horizontal grip and scroll-ended sides that are individually attached to a rectangular bar or dovetail that slides in socket at center of the raised, straight tapered, rectangular base on body. Handle does not move.
"Wilson's Patent" not identified; needs further research. A William Wilson of Greenfield, MA, received a patent for a "sad iron" on March 27, 1835, but record was destroyed in 1836 Patent Office fire. It is also possible patent is for the sliding mechanism and not the iron.
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.
Box iron with lift-up gate drawn by a square rod with forge-welded spring that slides through a band on the rear handle support. Handle has an incurved cylindrical wood grip and curved-end supports held in place by square thumbscrews; face of front support stamped "2". Four-piece brazed body has a six-spiral, forge-welded grill on sole interior and is supported by three internal rivets, one at each corner. No other marks. No slug.
Small, fixed handle, pointed-toe iron with size "2" and maker name cast in top of body. Wire handle has baluster block grip and S-curve or gooseneck sides individually attached into domed bases or sockets.
Maker is Downs & Co. of Seneca Falls, NY. Abel Downs began manufacturing wooden pumps in 1840 and all-cast iron pumps by the end of the decade; the business went through a series of partnerships until 1852, when Downs and Seabury S. Gould became the sole proprietors. Name changed to Downs & Co.'s Manufacturing Co. in 1862 and to Gould's Manufacturing Co. in 1868. ITT Industries acquired Goulds Pumps in 1997; still in operation.
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 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 the base to a pull tab at front right that lifts the roller. Enamelled black with metallic gold striping and accents. Machine only; no tongs or slugs.