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68/390
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
This is a ceramic bedwarmer, a cylindrical container which can be filled with hot water and used to warm up a bed. It has a knob at the top for carrying and a rubber stopper in the central hole, where you pour in the hot water. This bedwarmer is from Berkshire.
[nb-NO]Physical description[nb-NO]
1 hot water bottle: glazed stoneware; good condition
[nb-NO]Archival history[nb-NO]
MERL ‘Handwritten Catalogue’ form - ‘WARMER (BED) // DOMESTIC Furnishing // A.G Turner MERL // Stoneware, glazed brown. From Berkshire. '2' inscribed at knob end.'
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Berkshire
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[nb-NO]External document[nb-NO]
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_9806.tif - High resolution image
