Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
2002.004.004 |
Object Name |
Sadiron |
Title |
H. R. Ives & Co. Sad Iron Base |
Lexicon category |
5: T&E For Science & Technology |
Date |
1859+ |
Year Range from |
1876 |
Year Range to |
1900 |
Artist |
H. R. Ives & Company |
Made |
H. R. Ives & Co. |
Place of Origin |
Montreal, Quebec |
Description |
H.R. IVES & Co. detachable handle sad iron. This is the body of a Mrs. Potts-style sad iron. It is double-pointed in shape. It requires a detachable handle. The top plate is cast with lettering: H.R. IVES & CO. MONTREAL MRS POTTS IRON PATENT GROUND. The top plate has two convex slotted screws affixing it to the body of the iron. It has a smooth sole. It is embossed near the latching area: N0. 55 SIZE 2. |
Makers mark |
top plate is cast with lettering: H.R. IVES & CO. MONTREAL MRS POTTS IRON PATENT GROUND |
Provenance |
This item is from a set that was manufactured at the H.R. Ives foundry at Montreal, Quebec. It eventually belonged to an Owen Sound, Grey County family, the Mortons. Circa 1901, two of the female members of the family, Hannah Jane Morton and Lizzie Morton, worked as laundresses. It may also have been used by their mother, Lucy Morton. The set later belonged to their brother, Hawtin (Ottie) Morton, and likely was used by his wife, Eva A. Morton (nee Burrows). Then it was inherited by Ottie and Eva's daughter, Neletia Pederson (neé Morton). Neletia lived in Owen Sound, and had grown up in the Mudtown area of the city. |
Collection |
Household Equipment, 19th-c Collection |
Material |
Iron |
Dimensions |
H-5 W-10 L-17.5 cm |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Pederson, Neletia Morton, Hawtin Ivan (Ottie) Morton, James |
Subjects |
Blacks Black History Irons (Pressing) |
Search Terms |
Black History of Grey County and Owen Sound Mudtown (Owen Sound) |
Function |
Household iron (also see RELATED 2002.004.003& 005, as they match and there is a handle that can be interchanged between them). |