Object number
69/22
Description
This is a ceramic bot water bottle, which 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: stoneware; good condition
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten catalogue' form – ‘HOT WATER BOTTLE (Stone) // Personal Use // Miss M. Fuller, Bridges Hall // Stone. Purchase at Bridges Hall Jumble sale, no other information. ‘ Loya… Langley ware, England’ illegible stamp [pencil stamp].’
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- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_9565.tif - High resolution image