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Shire of Toodyay > Records

EWER AND WASHBASIN

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Domestic equipment

Overview

Matching ewer and washbasin
a) ceramic washbasin, white outside and wild rose inside. Minimal metal trim remaining on rim. (Measurements of washbasin shown on this record)
(b) ceramic jug with handle. White inside with wild rose pattern outside. Minimal metal trim on rim and handle.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.492a,b

Item type

Themes

Material

Width

390 mm

Depth

120 mm

Contextual Information

In the days before internal plumbing and bathrooms, people kept basins and jugs or ewers on washstands in their bedrooms to wash themselves.

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Shire of Toodyay

Shire of Toodyay

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