Anvilhead.....no joke.....I have an iron that can well be from the 1880's.....
;:My grandmother gave it to me when I was little....and, it was handed down from her mother's generation....
It is a little tiny iron that has to be heated on the wood stove....
It is intended for tiny ruffles, and baby clothes, etc.....
It is one of my cherished possessions from my childhood......
dandylion