Antique
Box & Slug-Heated Irons
There were a number of different ideas that were used to heat, and
keep hot the irons that were needed to perform the Tuesday morning chores.
Each style or idea to heat irons was developed, flourished, and when
new ideas were introduced, the old ideas either competed or faded
into obsolescence. Ideas ranged from heating multiple
irons on the stove, to having heated slugs to insert, to solid fuel,
then liquid fuel, and finally electricity made all other idea
obsolete.
Nothing must have been worse for the laundress than dirtying up freshly washed linens,
in a valiant attempt to make them wrinkle-free, using a nice hot but soot-covered iron.
The idea behind the invention of the box iron was to heat something other than the bottom
of the iron itself (usually a piece of solid metal called a slug), which was then inserted
into the
cavity of the iron body, thereby keeping the bottom of the iron
clean and free from the soot and grime that was always on the
stovetop.
Box & or slug irons has been around for centuries, and
many early 17 & 18th century European irons were of this design, and
they continued to be made and used up into the 20th century.
There are some very interesting American Patented ideas along this
line as well.
On this page you will find a wide selection of antique box irons
from assorted origins, of assorted ages, and with different shapes
or designs. You will find box and slug irons with different styles
of doors, gates, and latches originating from the US and around the
world.
English / Scottish & American
Antique Box
& Slug Heated Irons
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- English Brass
Bottom Box / Sad Iron SOLD!
- English Lift Gate
Iron Box Iron
- 2 Small English Style Iron Box Irons w/ Slugs
- English Lift Gate Box Iron
- Lyng English
Spade Shape Box / Sad Iron SOLD!
- English Double
Point Box / Sad Iron
- English Double Point Side Hinge Box / Sad Iron
-
English Kenrick Double Point Box
/ Sad Iron
- Kenrick Double
Point Box / Sad Iron
-
Kenrick English
Double Point Box / Sad Iron w/ Stamped Handle
- Wonderfully Detailed
19th Century Scottish Box Iron w/ Nickel Plated Body
SOLD!
- Bless & Drake "Salamander"
Box Iron
European Brass
Antique Box & Slug Heated Irons
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- Rare Round Front Brass Box Iron
- European Iron Slug / Box Iron
- Brass Box Iron w/Unusual Support
- European Brass Box Iron SOLD!
- Turned Post European Box Iron
- Belgian Iron & Brass
Tear Drop Shaped Box Iron
- Early Single Post Drop in the Back Box Iron
- Decorated / Dated Brass w/ Swing Gate
Iron
- Decorative Brass Lift Gate Box Iron
- Decorated & Dated Brass Box Iron
- Decorated
& Dated Brass Box Iron
Ox Tongue Irons
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- White Brass Ox Tongue w/ Sunflower Decoration
- Small Brass Chisel Point
Ox Tongue Iron
- Germanic Ox Tongue Box Iron w/ Swing Gate
 - German Ox tongue Iron
- German Lift Gate Nickel Plated Ox Tongue Box Iron
- Brass Ox Tongue Box Iron w/ Long Handle
- German Ox Tongue Nickel Plated Box Iron
- Brass Ox Tongue Slug / Box Iron w/ Strap Handle
- Ox Tongue Box Iron w/ Cast Heat Shield
- Diminutive Size Brass Ox Tongue Lift Gate
- Nickel
Plated Swing Gate Ox Tongue Iron
- Leather Handle Ox Tongue
Box Iron
- European Brass Ox Tongue Box Iron
SOLD!
Primitive Box & Slug Irons
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- Primitive Italian Spade Shape Sad Iron
- Iron Swing Gate
with Hook Latch Box Iron
- Unusual Iron Swing
Gate Box Iron
- Germanic Spade Shape
Box Iron
- Primitive Turn
Key Latch European Box Iron
- Primitive Iron Box Iron w/ Swing Gate
- Antique Danish Box Iron
- Lollipop Handle Box Iron
- Blacksmith Made
French Box Iron with Split / Fan Tail Rear Handle Support
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Primitive Box Iron w/ Multi Side Shaped Posts
Books on Irons & Ironing
- Early Tuesday Morning / Politzer
- Tuesday's Children / Politzer
- Iron Talk Price Guides / Walker
- Pressing Iron Patents / Irons
- Patent History of 19th and 20th Century Fluting Irons / Durham
- Antique Irons / Rihn
- Collectors Guide to Pressing Irons & Trivets
/ Berney
- Irons by Irons and More / Irons
- Evolution of the Sadiron / Glissman
- Collectors Guide to Trivets and Stands / Kelly and Ellwood
- Trivet Books / Hankenson
- The Swanson Collection / Swanson
- A Gallimaufry of Goffering / St. John
- Ferri Da Stiro (Flat-Irons) / Palla
- Irons / Alphin
Please let me
know if you have unusual antique irons of any type that you would like
to sell either outright or on consignment. I am actively buying
and selling unusual and rare flat irons,
sadirons, fluting irons, gas or any fuel irons, sleeve irons, child-size
or toy irons, slug irons, patented irons, or rare and unusual antique
pressing irons of any sort. Contact me via email at
LCM@patented-antiques.com
anytime with full details on what you have for sale or consignment!
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