M0014291: Two food warmers, Wedgwood, 19th century

Previous title, replaced January 2022: A foodwarmer, White Staffordshire or Leeds, 19thC.

Two 19th century Wedgwood food warmers with the food container in the shape of a kettle. The items was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in the 1920s (accession numbers R18940 and R18943). They are not held by Wellcome Collection.

November 1955

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10 x 12.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides entries for the items: acc. number R18940 and R18943

Copyright held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.