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Japanese Charcoal Iron with Swivel Chimney
This Oriental iron is extremely unique in design. Note the decorative
and artistic casting of the heat shield handle base and
the door of the rear damper. Check out the half-circle swivel latch to
secure the top closed. And probably the most unusual feature is the
removable chimney, which could swivel left or right to accommodate the lone
ironer who happened to be a southpaw, or could remove altogether so you
didn't have to call in the chimney sweep.
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ML-CI-I-1
Very Good ..... $295.00
Charcoal
Iron from Singapore
This brass charcoal iron is nicely marked with Oriental
characters on the back. The hook on the front would lock it closed or
swing open to allow the hinged lid to be lifted to refuel it.
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BCM-85
Good+ ..... $50.00
Japanese
Charcoal Iron with Tall Chimney
This iron is a variation in style of the one above. The body looks to
be double layer sheet steel sides with a cast sole and
cast top. The chimney swivels and acts as the latch as well. It
could use a good cleaning and is priced accordingly.
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ML-CI-IJ-2
Good ..... $95.00
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Antique Oriental Pan Irons
These antique irons were used in the Orient for ironing
silk kimonos and other garments. They were heated by putting burning
charcoal in the "pan" and running the flat bottom surface over the fabric.
Here are three different versions. The unhandled one is brass and very
large and impressive---it is nearly 7" in diameter. The one in the
middle looks to be copper, or an alloy with copper, and it has a beautiful
carved wooden handle. The dark one is also brass with a nice rich
patina, and it has a bamboo handle.
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ML-CI-I-6
All Excellent ..... $60.00 each
Korean
/ Oriental Pan Irons
These antique irons were used for ironing
silk kimonos and other garments in the persons home counrty, or to iron
their denim and work clothes here in the US where they relocated. This
type of iron is seen or found quite often here on the west coast, seen
infrequently on the east coast, and in the Mid west they are still using
them for or call them ladles for the soup.
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ML-CI-I-6
Excellent ..... $50.00 each
Large
Indonesian Charcoal Iron Marked "SAMANI"
This charcoal heated box iron is cast brass or bronze rather than cast iron,
and it has a wide band of elaborate floral and scrollwork decoration cast
into the sides and back all the way around. The shape of this iron is
really interesting. It is large and particularly broad, having a width
of about 5 1/2 inches across at the back. It has a thin pointed base
characteristic of irons from this part of the globe. What is really
unusual is that it does not have what we typically think of as a chimney to
exhaust the smoke. Instead it is cast so that it looks like the top is
bent or folded up on one side to create an opening. Pity the
left-handed ironer with this one but I guess you weren't supposed to be
left-handed back then anyway. The word "SAMANI" is cast into the
underside of the pushed up part of the lid, but I have no idea what that
means.
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ML-CI-I-5
Very Good ..... $95.00
Unusual
Charcoal Iron and Matching Trivet with "Bat" Logo
This iron is really unusual! I have seen a lot of charcoal irons but
this is not one I have ever seen before. Cast into the underside of
the hinged lid is the figure of a bat and the words "Regd Trade Mark".
The matching trivet has the same logo and the same writing. I have no
clue whose trade mark that is, who the manufacturer was, or even what
country it originates from. The only other clue might be the markings
on the hinged damper cover at the back---again the bat image and then what
look to be Oriental characters. Definitely a curiosity, and in super
condition with nearly 100% of the nickel plating remaining.
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ML-CI-I-7
Excellent ..... $395.00
Oriental
Charcoal Iron
I'm not 100% sure that this iron is Oriental but it does
resemble other Asian irons I'm familiar with. The only marking on is
is "N212". The latching mechanism is interesting. The
handle support looks to have been repaired.
BCM-292
Fair ..... $25.00