Replica of a copper and bronze Roman water-tube charcoal-fired water heater found in the ruins of Pompeii

Made:
1912-1914

Replica of a copper and bronze Roman water-tube charcoal-fired water heater found in the ruins of Pompeii, vase shape with 2 handles, hinged lid, 3 winged figure feet, and water tubes doubling as firebars at the bottom of a curved flue tube, capacity approx. 14 litres, original in Museo Nazionale di Napoli, 1912-1914

Details

Category:
Domestic Appliances
Object Number:
1914-406
Materials:
whole, copper and whole, bronze
type:
replicas
credit:
Chiurazzi, J. (S. de Angelis & Fils, Naples)