Unidentified vessel

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Permalink Reply by matt on January 15, 2014 at 12:36

Is that a hole in the bottom?

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Permalink Reply by David OS on January 14, 2014 at 20:57

Could be wrong, but I think it may be a hot water bottle/ bed warmer.  I remember them from my grandma's house in East Ham in the 70s.  My dad has a great story about dreaming a bomb was falling on the house and waking up in terror to what he thought was the bomb hitting, but was actually the sound of the hot water bottle hitting the floor.

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Permalink Reply by james walsh on January 14, 2014 at 23:31

It's called a wine bottle

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Permalink Reply by Bee on January 15, 2014 at 8:09

Ha ha James :)

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Permalink Reply by David OS on January 15, 2014 at 8:06

Scratch that, hadn't looked at the second pic showing lid before speculating.

Here are some pics of the hot water bottles I was talking about:

 https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ceramic+hot+water+bottle&espv...

Another speculation: A high flush toilet tank?

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Permalink Reply by Bee on January 15, 2014 at 8:11

Interesting speculation, David. And I like the story about your Dad.

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Permalink Reply by Bee on January 15, 2014 at 20:07

Thanks for the suggestion, TBD

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Permalink Reply by Hugh on January 24, 2014 at 11:04

The mystery continues.

I asked Deborah Hedgcock, curator at Bruce Castle Museum, if she had any ideas. She too was stumped and put me on to Maurice Collins, the Gadget Man collector of Haringey, who she thought could hazard a guess.

I heard from Maurice briefly today. He wrote, "I'm not sure, Hugh but I will try to find out. It could be a disinfectant flush for a toilet".

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Permalink Reply by Bee on January 24, 2014 at 11:05

Brilliant, thanks Hugh.  Hopefully Maurice will be able to solve the mystery.

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