Iron

Object Name:

Iron

Object ID:

1996.011

Creator:

Janis, Inc.Manufacturer

Place of Origin:

Manchester, NH

Date:

circa 1940

Description:

Travel iron. Made by Janis, Inc., Manchester, NH, 1940s. Aluminum iron with black hard plastic and steel hinged handle and attached black electrical cord. Rectangular sole plate, rounded front end. Bottom plate 2.75" thick. Top plate has cast pivot points at front and back. Top plate 0.13" thick; extends 0.85" beyond top plate at rear. At front, top plate 0.2" short of meeting front end and conforms with shape of bottom except where it has straight front end and doesn't meet bottom plate. Mold mark around center of handle from front to back in the plastic. Color dark brown or black. Slightly enlarged center top horizontal portion; roughly rectangular in cross-section. At front and back, it turns down, has rounded bottom edge. Two aluminum eyes pass through pivots cast into top section and extend into bottom of ends of handle. Copper alloy rivets holding pivot ends in plastic. Steel pivot pins holding eye section in cast portion on body. Plastic-covered electric cord passes through small rectangular opening on back of body below overhang area. Cord has deteriorated at this point. Conductors exposed. Separate U-shape white sheet in body where cord passes through; probably insulator. Shallow curved slot in end of body at center at overhang area. Embossed on top surface: "IRO-CASE / JANIS INC." Maker's mark embossed on bottom: "MANCHESTER, N.H. / PAT.NO. 2,413,830" / OTHERS PEND." Cord copper wire encased in black flexible plastic; two-prong plug with copper tangs marked on both side of blades: "UL". Underwriter's label on green tape around cord, includes "MADE IN U.S.A." and "CAROL / CABLE CO. E-26443 / Z-426 / UNDERWRITERS / LAB. INC. / INSPECTED / POWER SUPPLY". Also, image of rectangular black flag on pole with ball at top, marked "S.E.C.C."; below that is copyright symbol.

Material:

Metal
Plastic
Aluminum

Dimensions:

H-3.5 L-7.7 D-2.3 inches

Provenance:

Purchased by donor at garage sale, c.1993.

Credit Line:

Gift of M. Jeff Hardwick

Subjects:

Irons (Pressing)