Metal hot water bottle [a]. Bottle has flattened spherical shape and flaring spout with long,screw-in metal stopper [b] with ball-shaped end. Typically the water bottle was sold with a simple stopper with finger-loop handle. The stopper with this bottle, refered to in advertisements as an "extension handle", was an additional purchase and designed for "use in messaging the body." Round molded manufacturer's label on bottle side. Fabric, draw string storage bag.
hot-water bottles
metal
cloth
Warmer, Body
Bottle, Hot Water
Bottle, Hot Water
"GUARANTEED / FIVE YEARS / HOT WATER BOTTLE / PAT. PEND. / CELLO / A. S. CAMPBELL CO. / BOSTON. / TRADE MARK" (embossed)
A. S. Campbell Co. (Manufacturer)
Boston, Massachusetts
13 x 1 1/2 (HxD), 8 (diameter) (inches)
Sarah Moore Field
1998.6073A-C
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
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