I had to decide between a b&w of the composition and a colour rendering using Lunapic floating filter.
While looking for information about the Lyno WC 4 iron I came across the history of ironing http://www.oldandinteresting.com/antique-irons-smoothers-mangles.aspx
These irons are sometimes called sad irons, among other names, which comes from old English for solid.
In the meantime while looking at hundreds of antique irons I spotted a photo which jolted one of my earliest recollections of my mother using Tilley paraffin pressure iron. And that is more than half a century ago!
