Miniature Sad Iron

Miniature Sad Iron

 
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Object Name: 
Miniature Sad Iron
Department
American
Place Made: 
United States
Date: 
about 1850-1870
Color
AAT
green
Technique
AAT
pressing
Dimensions: 
H: 2.5 cm, L: 3.4 cm
Accession Number: 
68.4.270
Location: 
On Display
Description
Green glass with a streak of red; pressed. Triangular flat body with square handle on top; mold seam across top; heel rough ground.
Provenance
Wood, Richard, Former Collection
Esterly, Louise S., Source
American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1981) illustrated, p. 150, #505; BIB# 30457

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