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The Comfort Revolving Natural Gas Fueled Iron    The early 1900's was a time period of creative thought and new invention in terms of novel ideas for designs in pressing irons.  The old methods of heating an iron---putting it on the stove to heat it from the outside or heating it with charcoal from within---were replaced with methods such as the one that powered this iron---combustible gas or other liquid fuels.  This example, manufactured by the Comfort Gas Appliance Manufacturing Co. of Boston, Massachusetts, would have been heated by running a flexible hose from a natural gas outlet in the wall to the pipe coming out the back of the iron.  Inside the iron body is a perforated tube within which the mixture of air and gas would burn.  A waffle patterned grid work of metal provided the screening to prevent the waste products of combustion and the flame from shooting outward.  What is unusual about this particular gas iron is its ability to revolve, a feature that allowed for multiple surfaces of the iron body to be used so that the iron could be turned over when the bottom face had cooled.  Given the fact that heat rises, the top face of the body would constantly be heated as the bottom face was being used and cooling.  A spring loaded latching mechanism was attached to the handle to provide for the locking and unlocking of the body.  This iron is in excellent condition with most of the original nickel plating remaining.        

Excellent....................SOLD

 

 

Ellyson & Askew Patented Reversible Fuel Iron   Early Patented Revolving irons are extremely hard to find and are in a class all to themselves.  The idea was that because heat rises, the top side of the iron would always be heating as the bottom side that you were using was cooling down---at which point you would release the locking mechanism of the handle and flip the iron around and over to use the other side.  This revolving iron was patented May 4, 1875 and was fueled with burning oil.  Typically whale oil was used in irons from this period.  This iron is complete with its original fuel tank and it is in very nice condition.  There is no rust or pitting, just some nickel loss.  You can still read the patent information stenciled on the sides, something I have never seen on other examples of this iron.  In addition, the top of the tank has the manufacturer's logo and the patent information on it.  A really nice example of a very hard to find iron!                   

BCM-3

Good ++ ..... SOLD!           

 

 

 

Early Crocker & Farnsworth Revolving Alcohol Fuel Iron   Here's an early revolving fuel iron that is not very often found, and which showed up on an internet auction a while back.  This iron was patented on March 20, 1877 and hails from Buffalo, NY. Somehow this example found its way to Southern Alabama, and now happily resides in Northern California on a shelf alongside a few of my other favorite antique pressing irons.  Revolving fuel irons such as this are one of our favorite style of irons to buy or add to our ever-growing collection / museum.  If you have anything similar we are strong buyers of this sort of ironing device.   

Excellent ..... SOLD

 

 

Early Revolving Alcohol or Whale Oil Iron  Here's another oil fired iron.  These are early and pretty hard to find. 

Excellent ..... SOLD

 

 

 

 

 

 

Solid Fuel Revolving British Boudoir Iron  This antique iron is delightfully different.  It is marked "British Boudoir Iron", and I guess it was marketed to the "upper crust", so that the lady of the house could iron in the privacy of her room.  Just to do a few little things of course---I'm sure she had hired help to do the bulk of the it.  Anyway, this iron is heated by means of a pellet of flammable solid fuel.  The handle revolves and both sides are usable to iron with---since heat rises whichever side was on top would always be heating while you were using the bottom side.  To get it heated initially you could turn the iron completely upside down and rest it on the wooden handle, which served as a stand.  Pretty clever!  There is a little bit of "slop" in the revolving mechanism as there is nothing to actually lock it into position.           

ML-GI-I-4

Very Good ..... $45.00      SOLD!            

 

 

European Natural Gas Iron with Chimney    This antique gas iron is similar to an English iron marked "Wright of Birmingham", but this one appears to be unmarked, and is a slight variation.  It has a right angle side venting chimney and a cup-shaped heat shield.  There is a weld across the top that you hardly notice---I guess it got dropped years ago, and true to the times it was repaired instead of thrown away like it would have been had it happened nowadays.  OK, so it's a little dirty, but look at the great form!             

 ML-GI-I-6

Fair ..... $45.00     SOLD!     

 

 

 

Huge Tailor-size Imperial Gas Iron    These tailor's size gas irons are really impressive looking!  This 20 pound Imperial is in great shape---nice bold casting on the top, a great looking tank.  It will look great on display, especially next to a smaller iron.  I guarantee it's the kind of iron that people will take notice of!       

ML-GTI-2                   

Excellent ..... $250.00     SOLD!

 

 

Ideal Sad Iron Mfg. Co. Gas Iron   Hailing from Cleveland, Ohio The Ideal Sad Iron Mfg. Co. manufactured this gas iron, putting their name and the patent date of Mar. 5, 1901 on the protective heat shield.  Other than producing this particular model, the company probably didn't do a whole lot more, as I have never seen any other irons marked with that company's name, and the only reference I could find to it was in Esther's Berney's comprehensive out-of-print book, The Collector's Guide to Pressing Irons.   These seldom-found models and variations of pressing irons are what make collecting so much fun!    

LCM-GI-A-2       

Very Good ..... $35.00     SOLD!  

 

 

Unusual Gas Iron with Front Mounted Fuel Tank     This iron is different because the fuel tank is mounted at the front rather than the more typical placement at the rear.  This was a short-lived design because the general consensus was that having the tank out front blocked the ironer's view of the work.  And I have to admit, when I was pushing this thing around on the tabletop to check it out I did find myself concentrating or focusing more on that ball of fuel than paying attention to what I was doing.  I have heard collectors refer to this iron as "The Lamb", but what is actually marked on the base is "Mfd by Imperial Brass Mfg. Co. Chicago".  It's in really nice condition and will shine with just a light cleaning.                

ML-GI-A-11         

Very Good ..... $75.00     SOLD!     

 

 

Milwaukee "Marvel" Patented Fuel Iron    This is a neat looking antique liquid fuel iron that shows some resemblance to the Sun Mfg. Co. gas iron.  This iron also has that distinctive horizontal fuel tank.  It says on it that it was manufactured in Milwaukee by A.J.L. CH Co. and there is also the word "gasoline" stamped into the screw-on fuel tank cap.  There is an interesting lever that releases the tank and burner assembly.  The iron is in super condition and will clean up nicely with just some fine steel wool.  This is one you'll be proud to have on display!      

ML-GI-A-10         

Excellent ..... $125.00      SOLD!        

 

 

Patent Applied For Natural Gas Iron Marked "Wright"    There is no pretense about this iron.  Just a simple design, clean good looks, and probably did the job every bit as good as irons costing twice the price.  From the way the writing is inscribed it looks to be of early manufacture.  It's in great condition with lots of nickel plating remaining and will clean up to display well.      

ML-GI-A-8         

Excellent ..... $55.00     SOLD!            

 

 

 

Imperial Self-Heating Gas Heated Flatiron   This iron hails from Chicago and is marked "Pat Appld For".  It is complete with its tank pressurizer.  This iron will clean up real nicely to be bright and shiny.  It's a little dirty and there is some surface corrosion, but there is actually a whole lot of original nickel plating remaining.    

ML-GI-A-2       

Very Good ..... $35.00    SOLD!      

 

 

Montgomery Wards Gas Iron    Don't need a box.  This one is in a bit lesser condition.

ML-GI-MW         

Excellent ..... $25.00     SOLD!            

 

 

 

Strausse Gas Co. "IWANTU" Natural Gas Iron   This natural gas iron hails from a manufacturer in Philadelphia, PA.  The lengths that makers went to in order to come up with catchy names to entice consumers during this era is matched only by those of today!            

BCM-91      

Good + ..... $25.00     SOLD!

 

 

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