Sadiron
- Object Name:
- Sadiron
- Object ID:
- 1959.089.01
- Description:
- Iron for clothing, cast iron and steel components. Generally black in color. Bottom surface flat and smooth. Small apron around edge, also smooth, slightly raised at front, 0.3" high. Flat back. Sides curve gently up to pointed front end. Decorative coved edge at top. Two round protuberances on top surface that have steel handle secured in them. Handle curves upward and outward then extends through a cast-in horizontal section. Round steel wire is 0.3" diameter. Cast handle is 1" diameter. Decorative flower on sides of handle with petals that extend forward and backward to ends. Mold mark along top and bottom edges of cast handle. Raised characters between handles on top of iron: "B / & / CO / 7".
- Material:
- Metal
Iron - Dimensions:
- H-4.9 W-3.8 L-6.2 inches
- Provenance:
- Given to Charlotte D. Conover by Alice G. Cochran of Concord about 1950. The irons had belonged to Alice G. Cochran's mother, Elizabeth Higgins Rounds Cochran (Mrs. Joseph A.) of Concord, who died in 1877.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Charlotte D. Conover
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