Iron rod used to heat the goffering iron. [BH [OPS move] 28/7/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Iron rod used to heat the goffering iron. [BH [OPS move] 28/7/2016]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England East or West Sussex
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source S.G. Hewlett; PRM source Sydney Gerald Hewlett
Date
Date collected: By 1897
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1897 Found unentered: 20/02/2006
Materials and processes: Material Iron Metal
Dimensions: Diameter: max 20 mm, Length: max 410 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2006.8.1
Research and responses: To make wavy by means of heated goffering-irons; to flute or crimp (the edge of lace, a frill, or trimming of any kind). [OED online] [AP 24/5/2000]
It is possible that this object was purchased from S. G. Hewlett in 1897 as Hewlett gave a goffering iron from Sussex to the Pitt Rivers in 1897 (see 2006.6.1 for this piece). [MdeA 24/02/2006]