Coracle Kettle and Spirit Stove by G.W. Scott & Sons

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Coracle Kettle & Spirit Stove
Kettle's Brass lid & Coracle Logo
Kettle’s brass lid & Coracle logo
No 'Coracles' but a nice picnic set in this 1955 Pindisports catalogue
No ‘Coracles’ but a nice picnic and kettle set in this 1955 Pindisport catalogue
Description
Metal kettle with removable brass lid. Raffia handle joined to water spout screw by a metal chain. Kettle sits in round base which has 9 ventilation holes. In base there is a removable spirit burner.
Inscription description
On lid “CORACLE REMOVE SCREWS BEFORE LIGHTING”
Acquisition Method:
Donated by Mick Tighe
Number of Objects:
1
Related Items:
Provenance:
G.W. Scott & Sons are credited with inventing the modern picnic hamper which they unveiled at the World’s Fair in Crystal Palace in 1851, it seems that Charles Dickens was in attendance ‘who loved a good picnic’.

Their ‘Coracle’ brand was a luxury fitted luncheon and tea basket, often with high quality cutlery and dinnerware slotted into their bespoke wicker baskets. Vintage sets are selling for up to £2,000 in 2024 having become avid collectors items. Not sure if this lovely little kettle was originally part of a hamper, or maybe a standalone item aimed at the 1950s outdoor market, it has some lovely wicker work on the handle, a ‘trademark’ of G.W. Scott & Sons.

Knowing he was a bit of a collector, Mick Tighe’s mother-in-law, Marion Harding, gave him this kettle set as a Christmas present, which just goes to show that not all mother-in-laws are bad!

Object Production
Production Place:
Materials:
brass, raffia and aluminium
Maker:
Coracle
Colour:
dirty silver, brown
Dimensions:
12(h) x 46(circumference) cms.
Object Condition:
Condition Date Check:
28/04/2009
Administration
Accession Number:
074.2008.1(a-d)
Creator:
Hermione Cooper
Accession Date:
10/10/2008
ID:
1
Category:

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Camping
Location
Location:
Bohuntin
Current Location
Rules:
Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007