The H.S. Pease Coal-Heated Charcoal Sad Iron
Ohio Foundry Collection, Pre-1905 Collection, Cleveland and Cincinnati Forgotten Foundries, Museum Collection Steve Thaman Ohio Foundry Collection, Pre-1905 Collection, Cleveland and Cincinnati Forgotten Foundries, Museum Collection Steve Thaman

The H.S. Pease Coal-Heated Charcoal Sad Iron

Before the electric iron, pressing clothes required fire. This charcoal box iron bears the mark "H.S. PEASE" and "CINC'TI, O." cast in raised letters on the lid rim — the product of Horace S. Pease, a Cincinnati inventor who held multiple U.S. patents for charcoal iron improvements between the 1880s and 1907. His signature innovation was the combination charcoal iron and fluter — a single tool for both pressing and pleating. Acquired from eBay seller tsp8ntball5hnf, March 2026.

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