Patent Model - Improvement in Sad-Iron Holders
Maker and role
Mary Hildreth (b.1838, d.1902), Patentee
Production date
Jan 19 1875
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Iron, wood
Measurements
5 3/4 x 6 1/8 x 4 3/4" (14.6 x 15.6 x 12.1cm)
5 1/8lbs (2.31kg)
5 1/8lbs (2.31kg)
Description
Mary Hildreth's patent "has relation to means for holding, against endwise displacement, a guard-holder on the handle of a sad-iron. The novelty consists in a transverse locking device passing through the guard-holder and engaging with the handle of a sad-iron, whereby the said guard-holder is prevented from endwise displacement when the said sad-iron is passed, in the act of ironing, to and fro over a garment or other article..." (Patent Number 158,841)
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Object number
2015.14.1870a,b
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