Hot water bottle

Made:: 1751-1850 in Europe

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Big, cylindrical, pewter hot water bottle
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Large cylindrical pewter hot water bottle, with brass screw stopper and pewter screw cap, probably English, 1751-1850

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Category:: Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A200374

Materials:: pewter, stopper, brass and cap, pewter

Measurements:: overall [incl cap]: 380 mm 137 mm,

type:: hot-water bottle

credit:: Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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Hot water bottle

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