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- OBJECT TYPE
- Absorptive/Billiard table
- DATE
- 1835
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0832.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Cast iron.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 25.5 cm
- Width
- 11.7 cm
- Height
- 15.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Domestic Technology
- Category
- Laundry
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- United Kingdom
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- This type of iron was probably used c.1830's-1900 and possibly later.
- Canada
-
Type used in Canada. - Function
-
To press flat & improve finish or felt surface on billiard tables. - Technical
-
Example of specialty ironing device. Primarily used for keeping the felt on a billiard table smooth, they could also be used for pressing large textile items. A box style billiard table iron was mfd. in England during the 1840's. This example represents the more common design (Ref.2, p.109). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'BURROUGHES & WATTS/ LONDON' in raised print on iron.
- Missing
- Metal shoe.
- Finish
- Black cast iron finish.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Iron, after 1835, Artifact no. 1995.0832, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1995.0832.001/
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