Lot Essay
J. Seymour Lindsay in his book Iron and Brass Implements of the English House, London, 1970, records that wafering irons were employed in both domestic and religious households.
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A PAIR OF WROUGHT STEEL WAFERING IRONS, the obverse engraved with the date 1750, a standing bear within a cartouche, and the initials 'F.X. T.S.H.', the reverse with the initials 'M.F.' and a standing sheep (2)