Fat Dick alphabet mug

Fat Dick alphabet mug

Child’s alphabet mug, missing its handle. The rhyme says ‘D was fat Dick, who did nothing but eat, he would leave book and play for a nice bit of meat’. The scene shows Dick eating at a table indoors while children play outside in the background....
Patent Pyramid Food Warmer

Patent Pyramid Food Warmer

Part of the lid from Samuel Clarke’s Patent Pyramid Food Warmer and Night Light. This was a lidded jug with a small metal stand, holding a night light, which heated it from below. It was used in the nursery for boiling milk (to kill bacteria), keeping food warm...