Collection Highlights
The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands
Date:
Object Number:
LIB.QH41.C26.1974
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Wafer iron
Object Number:
Z.2732
Date:
ca. 1720-1820
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.
Gallery Label:
This wafer iron was used to make communion wafers.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
