what is this??

[kimba]

i have seen something like this dug in a field on UTube across the pond, but i have no idea what it is. i dug it at a old cellor hole a couple years ago and just getting around to ask what it might be. any adeas??

 

[NaturalJWL]

Flat iron, missing the handle.

 

[AlabamaRelic]

Flat iron, missing the handle.

Exactly!

 

[kimba]

heres another pic giveing you an idea of it's size.

 

[NaturalJWL]

Monopoly piece maybe >?

 

[kimba]

i would'nt thinks so, this thing is old.

 

[Kenosha Kid]

Doll toy:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270660827322

 

[kimba]

Doll toy:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270660827322

that looks close but my thingie measures 1 5/16x 1" and is not made of iron. seems more like a very hard lead or something.

 

[jeff of pa]

What does the bottom look like ?

Still looks like a Toy or slesmen's sample

Can't find the exact one yet though

 

[kimba]

that very well could be what it is Jeff, the funny this is though it has a groove cut threw the top like a relief cut or something. like it could be broken in half more easaly. the bottom is pretty much smooth except for scratches's.

 

[jeff of pa]

that very well could be what it is Jeff, the funny this is though it has a groove cut threw the top like a relief cut or something. like it could be broken in half more easaly. the bottom is pretty much smooth except for scratches's.

Yes one with the Groove is what I Was looking for

 

[Kenosha Kid]

Doll toy:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270660827322

that looks close but my thingie measures 1 5/16x 1" and is not made of iron. seems more like a very hard lead or something.

Being so small, easy to lose, the era and no markings, it might be hard to find an exact match. Search "sad flat iron" or something similar.

Here's another one, though 2 3/4" :

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290470198516

This article is about one of the likely makers:

http://books.google.com/books?id=mb...nepage&q=miniature doll toy flat iron&f=false Dowst Bros. eventually changed their name to Tootsietoy (named after Dowst's granddaughter 'Tootsie') and their pieces were used in Monopoly games in the 1930s and in Cracker Jack boxes in the early 1900s (Rueckheim Bros. & Eckstein in those days)

http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3428700091.html (references them using hot lead/metal injection in the late 1800s)

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Doll toy:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270660827322

that looks close but my thingie measures 1 5/16x 1" and is not made of iron. seems more like a very hard lead or something.

The one on eBay looks VERY close just 3/8" larger (measures 1 7/8" x 1 3/8") no groove



It looks cast iron. Test it with a magnet.

 

[Goodyguy]

I doubt the groove was original

It's not even exactly straight across if you look close.
Maybe why the handle got broken off.

GG~