Product Description
One-inch (1:12) scale dollhouse miniature hand crank clothes wringer (often referred to as a mangle) that measures about 2" wide by 2" high. Painted cast metal miniature from Multi Minis. Made in the USA. This miniature replica is designed for use with a wash tub. According to Wikipedia, "When home washing machines were first invented, they were just for washing: a tub on legs or wheels. A hand-cranked mangle appeared on top after 1843 when John E. Turnbull of Saint John, New Brunswick patented a 'Clothes Washer With Wringer Rolls.' The first geared wringer mangle in the UK is thought to date to about 1850, when one was invented by Robert Tasker of Lancashire. It was a smaller, upright version of the box mangle."