Número del objeto
2017/37
Descripción
Hand held washing dolly, or posser, with wooden handle and copper hemispherical plunger with perforations. It was used to agitate the cloth whilst hand washing. The metal cone used suction to drive the water through the dirty clothing with perforations to help the water circulate. The copper is stamped 'Simplex No. 6'. No further information is known about this object.
Descripción física
1 hand held washing dolly: wood, copper
Historia del archivo
MERL Miscellaneous note - FvdG - The washing dolly was found amongst the mezzanine collection but has no accession number. No history is known for this.
Nombre del objeto
Material
Dimensiones
- Height 395 mm
- Diameter 146 mm
