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98/71/1-7
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[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
A 'Tilley Domestic Iron', model number DN250, manufactured by the Tilley Lamp Co. Ltd. It is made of metal with a bakelite handle. The heat of the iron is provided by a paraffin burner and can be increased by increasing the pressure in the iron by means of a pump. The iron is in its original box, together with two instruction leaflets, a funnel and a small paraffin measuring can.
[nb-NO]Physical description[nb-NO]
1 paraffin iron: good general condition- one screw broken off pressure tank; top of burner air intake missing
[nb-NO]Archival history[nb-NO]
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Standard museum name: TILLEY PARAFFIN IRON // Accession number: 98/71 // … // Recorder: JMB // Date: 19.8.99 // Description: This iron is made of metal with a Bakelite handle. One screw is missing from the pressure tank (found broken inside box), and the burner air intake has the top missing. // The iron is in its original box together with 2 instruction leaflets. // Inscription: TILLEY DOMESTIC IRON Model DN.250 // Manufactured by The Tilley Lamp Co. Ltd. // Dimensions: Box 28 x 17 x 13 cms. Iron length: 24.0 cm // height: 16.0 cm // Associated information: There is also a funnel and a small paraffin measuring can in the box together with a spare burner intake also incomplete. // The heat of this iron is provided by a burner and can be increased by increasing the pressure in the iron by means of a pump. Similar mechanism to Tilley pressure lamps.’
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Greater London [region]
[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO]
1925-01-01 - 1974-12-31
[nb-NO]Production period[nb-NO]
Mid-twentieth century
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