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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 100792, member: 44&quot;]Good morning, Sue/baker! This iron is representing a box iron. Sometimes called a charcoal iron Heated charcoal or a heated slug was placed in the bottom compartment to keep it hot. The holes allowed air in to keep the charcoal burning. Here are Google images of charcoal irons.</p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=coal+heated+iron&amp;biw=1024&amp;bih=560&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiLzY739NvJAhVLOyYKHT9ECOAQ_AUIBygC" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/search?q=coal+heated+iron&amp;biw=1024&amp;bih=560&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiLzY739NvJAhVLOyYKHT9ECOAQ_AUIBygC" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/search?q=coal+heated+iron&amp;biw=1024&amp;bih=560&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiLzY739NvJAhVLOyYKHT9ECOAQ_AUIBygC</a></p><p><br /></p><p>First paragraph under history</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clothes_iron#History_and_development_of_flatirons" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clothes_iron#History_and_development_of_flatirons" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clothes_iron#History_and_development_of_flatirons</a></p><p>and described in the listing of types as:</p><p>&quot;Box iron, ironing box, charcoal iron, ox-tongue iron or slug iron&quot;</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clothes_iron#Types_and_names" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clothes_iron#Types_and_names" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clothes_iron#Types_and_names</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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