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Reason slot meter, c.1920.

1918-1922

Shelvador electric compression domestic refrigerator, c. 1934-1935.

1930-1940

"Stebull" box shaped electric hair dryer

1920-1940

Hand-operated mill for grinding coffee beans

1880-1900

Kettle on stand with spirit burner (supposed to have been used by Napoleon at St.Helena)

1958

Charcoal-burning portable ornamental box foot warmer

1750-1850

"Airway" vacuum cleaner, c.1930

1930

Circular electric hot plate for domestic cooking

1892-1900

Sugar nippers, 19th century.

1880-1900

"Flammenwolf U" electric firelighter (German c.1935)

1935

"Swiftsure" copper posser by the British Vacuum Wsher Co. of Islington

1921

Seeger dry-air siphon refrigerator, c. 1900.

1880-1920

Original vacuum cleaner, from to Royal Naval College

1905

Curved bottom polishing iron, c.1880

1880

Hoover 'Dustette' Vacuum Cleaner

1964

Cock Brand charcoal iron

1969

Lowdown Suite W.C. pedestal and tank

1882

"Uno" gas coffee roaster

1911-1930

Portable paraffin cooking stove

1930-1935

"Ogee-de-Luxe" face massager

1920

Monitor Top', electric compression domestic refrigerator, USA, 1934.

1934

"Electrolux" vacuum cleaner

1927

Amplion 'Dragonfly' horn loudspeaker, 1924

Kelvinator electric compression domestic refrigerator no 5534

1926

British Wolf 'Cubmaster' electric motor drill

1950

Goblin 'Teasmade' model D26

1940-1950
Sectioned "Swan" brand electric copper kettle, the first type of kettl e to be fitted with a totally immersed heating element and thereby doubling the efficiency of electric kettles, provisional patent no. 33221/ 21, by Bulpitt and Sons Ltd., Birmingham, 1921-1922

Electric copper kettle, with immersed element, sectioned, c. 1921.

1921-1922
"Standard" portable electric fire with 6 wire-wound fireclay elements, 2 rotary switches and blue-enamelled cast iron surround with hinged trivet at the top to support a kettle or pan, elements patented by C. R Beslling (patent no. 19,054) in 1912, the "Standard" being the first Belling fire to go into production, by Belling and Co, Enfield, 1912-1920

Belling electric fire, 1913.

1912-1920
‘Griffith’ foot-operated vacuum cleaner (Patent No. 21,304), designed by Walter Griffith, unsigned, Europe, 1905

‘Griffith’ foot-operated vacuum cleaner

circa 1905
Canister-type vacuum cleaner with an electrically driven diaphragm pump (Type R, No. 12624), by British Vacuum Cleaner Company Limited, London, England, 1910-1914

Canister vacuum cleaner with an electrically driven diaphragm pump

1910-1914
Original gas geyser invented by B.W. Maughan in 1868

Gas Geyser

Model, scale 1:4, (3"=1') "Simplicitas" pedestal closet. White "Queensware" with S trap and antisyphonage arm, no.847E and flushing rim

Model 'Simplicitas' pedestal closet

PIFCO Vibratory Massager (model 1556 240V, 10W), by PIFCO Appliance Division, Failsworth, Manchester, 1976

PIFCO Vibratory Massager

1976
Hoover vacuum cleaner, 1919

Hoover vacuum cleaner, 1919

1919
Ewart "Califont" multi-point instantaneous gas water heater

Ewart "Califont" water heater

Belling amber glass coal-effect electric fire, c.1930s

Belling amber glass coal-effect electric fire

1930
HMV Radiant fire, single bar with refractor and concave chromed reflector, with carrying handle and wall hanging hooks. Registered designs 825647 & 834981, manufactured by HMV, Hayes, Middx, 1938.

HMV Radiant fire

1938
Ericsson table telephone set No. 400 - for battery ringing, patented October 29th 1895

Ericsson table telephone set No. 400 - for battery ringing

1895
1938 H.M.V. television and radio receiver. Model No. 905. Serial No. 3257.

1938 H.M.V. television and radio receiver

1938
Pye portable 14-inch television receiver, type PTV, c. 1957

Pye portable 14-inch television receiver

1957
Marconiphone Type 90 moving-coil loudspeaker unit (mains model), 1930

Marconiphone Type 90 moving-coil loudspeaker unit (mains model)

B.T.H. "Rice Kellog" 12-inch permanent-magnet moving-coil loudspeaker, 1931

B.T.H. "Rice Kellog" 12-inch permanent-magnet moving-coil loudspeaker

Monoscope television picture generator (Test card C), 1948

Monoscope television picture generator (Test card C)

1948
Ekco TMB272 portable 9-inch television receiver with VHF radio, c.1956 capable of receiving Bands I and III television plus Band II VHF Radio. The set was portable and was capable of being powered by AC mains electricity or a 12V power supply, usually a battery.

Ekco TMB272 portable 9-inch television/radio receiver, c.1956

1956
GEC portable 12 inch monochrome television receiver, model 3133/1, (s/n G 870560), 1978.

GEC portable 12 inch monochrome television receiver

1978
Perdio "Portarama Mk.II" 8 inch television receiver, 1962

Perdio "Portarama Mk.II" 8 inch television receiver

1962
Transistorized portable radio receiver, model RP 18, made by Hacker Radio Limited, Maidenhead, England.

Transistorized portable radio receiver

EKCO A22 AC mains radio receiver, 1946. With circular black Bakelite cabinet.

EKCO A22 radio receiver, 1946

1946
"Prometheus" electric kettle, one of two, nickel plated, c.1905

"Prometheus" electric kettle

1905
Gambrell plug-in radio frequency coil, one of a pair, with holder

Gambrell plug-in radio frequency coil