Items for hanging up coats seem mundane for an antiques article until one sees the astonishing inventions that were produced and presumably sold to someone. In the 19th century and up to World War I, ...
Grandad Martin Matthews proudly displayed his collection of 400 irons from across the world until the day he died. And the retired gas engineer’s family hope his steamers, some from the 19th century, ...
On episode 54 of the YouTube series “Kevin Talks Irons,” Kevin McCartney and a few friends try lighting an 1898 gasoline clothes iron on the porch of his Caribou bed-and-breakfast. The device spits ...