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Waffle iron

19th century

United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A waffle iron with rectangular plates and elongated handles. Each interior of surface of the waffle plates has three (3) sections of pocket patterns: hearts, diamonds, and squares with engraved star shapes. The exterior of the plates are decorated with a scroll, arabesque pattern and each have the letters [ON] in the top right corner. The plates are connected at the bottom with two (2) hinges. Each handle has been threaded through a hole at the top of the plates and welded into place. The handles have small ball-shaped tips. On the back one of the waffle plates, near the hinge, is a painted white rectangle with handwritten black text that reads [R214].

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: 2017.108.24.14

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