The Rhythm gas iron 375U

On my way back from Skylark the other day, I popped into Diss Auctions to see if there might be anything interesting to buy. I was pleased to win a few bits and pieces but was particularly interested to win an old gas iron as part of a mixed lot.

It was made in the early to mid 20th century by the company Radiation who specialised in gas appliances like cookers. 

I don't know much about this iron as there is little information on the internet; there's one in a museum collection in Wales but I guess there are others dotted around in private collections and probably some rotting in the back of garden sheds and in people's attics (one or two are cropping up on Ebay, I see, but none of them is as nice as this one). 

Anyway, I'm hoping, when I put this up for sale at the summer Street Fair, someone will see its potential as a doorstop, a bookend or maybe as a kitchen ornament. 

I would suggest its use as an iron is long gone so, as much as I might like to see it back in domestic service, connecting it to the mains gas and putting a match to it is not recommended!