Milk Bottle Cooler

Object/Artifact

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Waterperry Museum

The Polar Milk Bottle Cooler

The Polar Milk Bottle Cooler

Name/Title

Milk Bottle Cooler

Entry/Object ID

2025.1.274

Description

A terracotta cover for a milk bottle, with a well at the inside top of the cooler.

Context

In the 1920s and 30s not everyone had a refrigerator and the evaporation of the water in The Polar Milk Cooler would keep the milk cold.

Category

Domestic

Acquisition

Accession

2025.1

Source or Donor

Gordon Dempster

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Location

Front

Transcription

BEFORE USING COOLER SOAK THOROUGHLY AND ALWAYS KEEP TOP FILLED WITH WATER

Dimensions

Height

213 mm

Diameter

100 mm

Dimension Notes

Cavity inside the top of the Cooler is 50 mm deep

Material

Terracotta

Location

* Untyped Location

C6S4

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair