Hot water bottle made from Wickham's heavily smoked hard-cure Para rubber

Made:
1924
maker:
Henry Alexander Wickham
Hot water bottle made from Wickham's heavily smoked hard-cure

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Hot water bottle made from Wickham's heavily smoked hard-cure
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Hot water bottle made from Wickham's heavily smoked hard-cure Para rubber. Produced from rubber made on Sir Henry Wickham's machine, 1924.

Details

Category:
Plastics and Modern Materials
Object Number:
1934-681
Materials:
rubber (unidentified)
Measurements:
: 12.7953 x 7.7953 x 1.6929 in.; 325 x 198 x 43 mm
type:
hot water bottle
credit:
Mr. Fordyce Jones.