Sad iron owned by members of the Ellis family

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 cast iron sad iron with an elongated rounded triangular base with the point is at the front. The base has a ridge around the bottom and a decorative molding leading to the top surface. The top surface has [B / X / 7] in the cast. A handle projects from the top surface with supports and a thick cylindrical handle with a cross-hatched design on the top. There are two round holes on the underside of the handle.

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