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Victorian flat iron, 19th century.

Victorian flat iron, 19th century.
Victorian flat iron, 19th century.
Victorian flat iron, 19th century.
Victorian flat iron, 19th century.
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Victorian flat iron, 19th century.
Victorian flat iron, 19th century.
Social History (Museum of St Albans)
  • Museum of St Albans artefacts
Victorian flat iron from the St Albans Museums teaching collection. This sort of iron would have been used by a laundry maid. It would have been heated on a range. To check if the iron was hot enough you would spit on it to see if it sizzled. They were used in pairs so that as one was being used the other was warming up.
From the education handling collection
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  • St Albans Museums photographer
  • Victorian (1837 - 1901)
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