Copper Boiler

Artisan: Jeff Mewies
Date: Unknown
Dimensions: 70 x 29 x 35 mm. / 2 ¾ x 1 ⅛ x 1 ½ inches (height x width x depth)
Intended Room: Kitchen
Inventory number: 2022.013
Category: Copper

Provenance: Bought from Swan House Miniatures in 2022

In a busy kitchen it helps to have plentiful hot water on hand and, in the Victorian period, it was wise to have a small boiler available so that tea and coffee could quickly be made, and washing-up water drawn off. This boiler would stand on a worktop in the corner of the kitchen. In the neighbouring laundry-room, where even more hot water was needed, we have a triple copper boiler, very similar to this, also made by Jeff Mewies.