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  • Object number
    61/100
  • Description
    This is a bedwarmer, a cylindrical container which can be filled with hot water and used to warm up a bed. It is made of corrugated sheet iron and has a carrying handle at the top. It was used in Hamsterley, County Durham.
  • Physical description
    1 bed warmer: metal (corregated iron sheet); good condition
  • Archival history
    MERL 'Handwritten catalogue' form – 'WARMER (BED) // From Hampsterley // [pencil sketch];
  • Object name
    Bedwarmer
  • Material
    Metal, iron
  • Associated subject
    DOMESTIC AND FAMILY LIFE : heating
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