Object number
69/23
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Description
This is a glazed stoneware hot water bottle, made by Denby Pottery, Derbyshire, would have been filled with hot water and used to warm beds. This example was bought at a jumble sale at Bridges Hall, at University of Reading.
Physical description
1 hot water bottle: glazed stoneware; good condition
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten catalogue' form – ‘HOT WATER BOTTLE (Stone) // Personal Use // Miss M. Fuller, Bridges Hall // Stone ware. Glazed. Purchased at Bridges Hall jumble sale. Marked ‘DENBY’ 1.5 pints [pencil drawing]’
Production place
Derbyshire
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_9566.tif - High resolution image
