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Clyde Cooker No1- Simpson & Lawrence

Accession Number

1709.2023.1

Object Name

Clyde Cooker No1- Simpson & Lawrence

Created

21/06/2023

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

21/06/2023

Brief Description

Double burner Clyde Cooker No 1 with oven. .. one original potholder and one homemade?

Materials

Metal

Dimensions

58(L) x25(H) x 28(W) cms

Number Of Objects

1

Inscription Description

“THE CLYDE COOKER SIMPSON LAWRENCE & CO GLASGOW” on back
“PRIMUS SWEDEN “ on stove

Colour

Black, gold

Maker

Simpson Lawrence & Co,

Object Production Place

Glasgow, Scotland

Provenance

Not the sort of thing you would carry around in your rucksack, but a very fine and unusual addition to our collection.
Simpson Lawrence were a Glasgow based company which seems to have begun life in 1908, making primarily, equipment for the yachting industry, the cooker we have here being a prime example.
Destined for the galley on a boat or yacht, most models had a wee guard rail around the top to stop the cooking pots sliding off, and others were gimballed ensuring the cooker stayed upright even when the boat didn’t. Amazingly, some were used on aeroplanes ..see the picture opposite.
The power source is two Primus stoves, a pretty scary business lighting one on a boat or plane.
The cooker we have here has an original Primus No 1 plus a Monitor stove which is probably a later addition/swap.
We reckon the cooker dates from 1920/30’s and we bought it on e-Bay for around £20.

Acquisition Date

21/06/2023

Condition Check Date

21/06/2023

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

21/06/2023

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