Flat Iron-Shaped Tape Measure
1879
Physical Qualities
Metal, stone or glass, cloth, 1 3/8 x 2 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. (3.5 x 5.7 x 3.2 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Gloria B. and Herbert M. Katzenberg, Baltimore
Object Number
2013.130
A wind-in tape measure in the shape of a flat or smoothing iron with a red agate stone or glass set into the handle. The cotton (?) measuring tape is wound in with a handle found on the end of the iron and is marked in inches. The metal is possibly tin; the stone, agate or glass; the cloth, cotton.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2013; Gloria Katzenberg, Baltimore, by purchase, 1971; London
