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Watering can. 2.5 gallon can with two handles. Used by Mary Wondrausch, part of a temporary water sculpture.
Galvanised metal watering can. The 2 1/2 gallon can has two handles; one at the top and one at the side. This watering can was used by Mary Wondrausch along with other watering cans in a temporary water sculpture in her garden referred to as a ‘galvanised fountain’. Rose missing.

1 watering can: metal

Museum Object Entry Form – ‘Museum Name: MUSEUM OF ENGLISH RURAL LIFE // Received from: MARY WONDRAUSCH // Address: BRICKFIELDS // Tel No: // Owner (if different): // Address: // Tel No: // Description of Object/Collection: 51 x CLAY PIPES & CLAY PIPE PARTS // 3 x RECIPE MANUSCRIPT BOOKS (ca. 1940, 1954, unknown) 1 x CALF FEEDING BOWL - LEVERS DAIRY FOOD // 1x BILBERRY SCOOP/TOOL // 5 PARTS x LEMONADE SET // 1 x CANDLE HOLDER + CANDLE // 1 x 'BIDEFORD' PITCHER // 1 x SUSSEX PITCHER // 1x FISHLEY HOLLAND VASE // 1x BIDEFORD TOURIST JUG // 1 x SALCOMBE TOURIST JUG // 1 x BARGE STOOL // 1 x BRICKMOULD // 1 x CLAY PADDLE // 1 x GALVANISED WATERING CAN // Reason for Entry: Donation // Signed: M Wondrausch Date: 18/2/2016 // Additional Agreement (Donations/Sales Only): I, the owner ... // Signed: M Wondrausch Date: 18/02/2016 // Museum Signatory: Oliver Douglas Date: 18/2/2016 // Return of Object to Owner:‘, Letter Oliver Douglas to Mary Wondrausch, 26 November 2015 - '... A. Items to be collected in the near future ... 15 // 1x Watering Can // Watering can from the garden shed. An example of one used in garden sculptures referred to as 'galvanised fountains' in Mary Wondrausch's book on Brickfields'.