Children's model Hoover washing tub
Children's washing tub with mangle
Name/Title
Children's model Hoover washing tubEntry/Object ID
2025.1.994Description
Metal, aluminium replica Hoover Single Tub Wringer washing machine, including the tub and mangle, which is rotated with a removable handle. The mangle folds down into the machine, released by a small lever which is depressed on the left hand side of the machine. Missing a from this item a second handle to turn the washing rotator in the tub, from the outside back and lid to cover the top of the machine.Context
Before the advent of washing machines, washing was generally done by hand using a scrubbing brush and/or a wash board, then after rinsing was put through a mangle to squeeze all the excess water out before being hung out to dry on the clothes line. Washing was generally 'women's work' and washing day was usually on a Monday. This toy may have been made by Mettoy Swansea Ltd., a company started in the 1930s by Philip Ullman, making tin-plate toys with or without clockwork motors. During WWII the factory made pressed steel boxes and canisters but after the war opened a factory in Swansea and developed a number of ranges of toys one of which was the Hoover Single Tub Wringer toy.Cataloged By
Felix LamCategory
Domestic, Children