Accession No
1914.399.1-2
Description
Goffering or Tally iron [.1] with heating poker [.2]. Circular moulded iron stand with double curved neck and hollow cylindrical barrel; barrel is closed at one end and flared slightly with a flat rim at the other; heating poker with circular cross-section, thicker at the tip; wooden turned handle. Remains of black lacquer on base.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Bury St Edmunds
Period
Post Medieval
Source
Jennings, John [vendor]; Cambridge Antiquarian Society [monetary donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1914.399.1-2; MAA: AR 1914.166
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Iron; Wood
Local Term
Measurements
330mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Label adhered to stand: 'AR 1914.166 / Gauffering-iron [sic] Stand. Bury St Edmunds / *C.A.S.'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register 1914.398-401: 'An ornate gauffering-iron of brass and steel with finely moulded handle, 18th century, and three gauffering-iron stands of distinct patterns'
Event Date 1914
Author: maa
Context (Related Documents)
See 'Report on Collections Research and Cataloguing Project on Post Medieval 'To Be Disposed Of' Material' by David Kay in the archive (Doc.474) for background information.
Event Date 2019
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Goffering or Tally iron [.1] with heating poker [.2]. Circular moulded iron stand with double curved neck and hollow cylindrical barrel; barrel is closed at one end and flared slightly with a flat rim at the other; heating poker with circular cross-section, thicker at the tip; wooden turned handle. Remains of black lacquer on base.
Event Date 15/11/2024
Author: Katrina Dring
FM:77443
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