IRON
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- COLEMAN
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- STEEL, BAKELITE
- Catalogue Number
- P19990035155
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- COLEMAN
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- STEEL, BAKELITE
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Height
- 18.6
- Length
- 27.5
- Width
- 11.8
- Description
- 1. IRON - 16.8CM(H)X27.3CM(L)X9.3CM(W). BLACK AND SILVER. SILVER BOTTOM IS SHAPED LIKE AN OVAL WITH POINTED ENDS. ABOVE THIS IS BLACK METAL, WITH RECTANGULAR SLOTS IN THE SIDES - VENTS. ABOVE THIS IS A SILVER METAL PIECE THAT EXTENDS BEYOND THE BACK OF THE BASE TO WHICH A ROUND GAS RESERVOIR IS ATTACHED. A BLACK BAKELITE KNOB EXTENDS FROM THE BACK OF THIS SILVER PIECE. EMBOSSED ON THE KNOB IS "CLOSE" AND AN ARROW. ETCHED INTO THE TOP SILVER PIECE IS "COLEMAN INSTANT-LITE MODEL NO.609 MADE IN CANADA". THE HANDLE OF THE IRON IS BLACK BAKELITE. 2. TRIVET - 2.2CM(H)X19.2CM(L)X11.8CM(W). SILVER. ONE END IS FOLDED DOWN TO FORM A SUPPORT. THE OTHER CURVES DOWN, THEN UP TO FORM A DEEP GROOVE THAT SUPPORTS THIS END. RAISED LETTERS ON THE FLAT SURFACE READ "COLEMAN MADE IN CANADA" AND THE COLEMAN SYMBOL.
- Subjects
- MAINTENANCE T&E
- Historical Association
- DOMESTIC
- History
- THE BAKELITE ON THIS IRON IS SIGNIFICANT, BECAUSE AS AN EARLY FORM OF PLASTIC IT WAS USED FOR A TIME, MAINLY BEFORE WORLD WAR II. "26" WAS WRITTEN ON IRON IN BLACK FELT MARKER - REMOVED BY CATALOGUER. SEE P19990035001-GA.
- Catalogue Number
- P19990035155
- Acquisition Date
- 2000-07
- Collection
- Museum
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