85/42/1-2

Kenrick & Sons Ltd. (Manufacturer)

This is a gas-fuelled iron that was used in the tailoring trade for pressing suits. It is made of steel with a wooden handle and a brass fitting where the flexible gas pipe is attached by a short length of rubber. The iron has been painted pale green and the handle and its attachment pieces are black. It is inscribed, 'GLC A. KENRICK & SONS LTD // ENGLISH PATENT NO...' It was manufactured by A. Kenrick & Sons Ltd. of West Bromwich in the West Midlands, probably in the late 1940s or 1950s.

1 gas iron: metal; wood; rubber; good condition

manufactured by A. Kenrick & Sons Ltd. of West Bromwich, MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Standard museum name: IRON, gas // Accession number: 85/42 // Classification: TRADES & PROFESSIONS Tailor // Negative number: 60/14938 // Acquisition method: Gift // Acquired from, date: Mrs Sally Broom, [...], May 1985 // Store: small object // Condition: good // Recorder, date: 24.9.85 // Description: This iron is made mainly of steel but has a wooden handle and a brass fitting where the flexible gas pipe is attached by a short length of rubber. The iron, apart from the base plate is painted light green and the handle plus its attachment pieces is black. // Dimensions: Length: 21.0cm Width: 10.0cm. // Length of gas pipe: 250cm. // Associated information: Inscription: GLC A. KENRICK & SONS LTD // ENGLISH PATENT NO... // Date: Probably late 1940s to 1950s. // Used in the Tailoring trade for pressing suits. // References: Pamphlet: Laundry Bygones // MERL LIBRARY Class 6980 Book: Pressing Irons & Trivets // MERL ARCHIVES: Copies of catalogues for Archibald Kenrick & Sons Ltd, West Bromwich Est 1791. General manufacturers of ironmongery but no reference to irons.'

West Bromwich

1945-01-01

Wood, Metal, iron