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Cake board
1825-1835
1937.1562
Wood
Artist/Maker: John Conger

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Wafer iron

Wafer iron
Object name 
Wafer iron
Date 
ca. 1720-1820
Related People 
Possible Source: Elie Nadelman
Medium 
Iron
Dimensions 
Overall: 29 x 6 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. ( 73.7 x 16.5 x 6.4 cm )
Description 
Wrought iron wafer iron; rectangular plates and tapering handles; one plate interior is engraved with two large and two small circular images of Jesus on a cross and the other plate interior is unmarked.
Object Number 
Z.2732
Gallery Label 
This wafer iron was used to make communion wafers.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.