I seem to remember that we were offered
one of these when I worked at Flintshire Museums Service. The donor used it for
milk bottles.
Joanne Moody
Assistant Curator - Collections
Black Country Living Museum,
Tipton Road,
Dudley,
DY1 4SQ
direct tel: 0121 521 5691
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Are they not the right size for wine
bottle coolers?
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--------------- A visitor to Hertford
Museum has enquired about
the objects in the photos; Helen Gurney, the Curator is stumped - can anyone
help? A lady came into the museum with these two ‘things’. She has been to lots
of other museums (including the Museum
of East Anglian Life) and
even the Antiques Roadshow when it was at Hatfield, but no one has been able to
give her a definitive answer as to what these are. I have looked in numerous
books and on websites but have not found anything. We have guessed that they
might be coolers for milk bottles but really this is a guess. Has anyone seen
anything like this or do they have anything like this in their collection? Any
help or advice would be greatly appreciated! Sian Woodward The SHCG list is
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