Object number
68/390
Description
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.
Physical description
1 hot water bottle: glazed stoneware; good condition
Archival history
MERL ‘Handwritten Catalogue’ form - ‘WARMER (BED) // DOMESTIC Furnishing // A.G Turner MERL // Stoneware, glazed brown. From Berkshire. '2' inscribed at knob end.'
Production place
Berkshire
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_9806.tif - High resolution image
