General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1-.2 METAL WITH SYNTHETIC PTS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

27.0 cm

Width

19.0 cm

Height

19.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Domestic Technology

Category

Food processing

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

RUSSELL

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Unknown

Function

TO BOIL WATER

Technical

IN THE MID 1950'S THE RUSSELL HOBBS CO. PERFECTED THE AUTOMATIC KETTLE WHICH SWITCHED OFF ONCE IT HAD BOILED.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 ON HANDLE 'CLOSE TO/ BOIL', ['RH' IN LOGO FORM]/ 'RUSSELL HOBBS'/ ON BASE 'VAPOUR CONTROLLED/ AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC KETTLE/ MADE IN ENGLAND BY/ RUSSELL HOBBS/ LIMITED/ TYPE K2 CAPACITY 3 PINTS/ LOADING AND VOLTSAGE AS/ STAMPED ON ELEMENT/ A.C. ONLY/ PATENTS PENDING' & ENCIRCLED LOGO 'BRITISH ELECTRICAL APPROVALS BOARD/ CONFORMS TO/ BRITISHSTANDARD 3456'

Missing

N/A

Finish

.1-.2 CHROME-LIKE FINISH WITH BLACK PTS;.1 HAS DARK RED BUTTON & BLUE MKGS ON HANDLE

Decoration

.1 HANDLE HAS SERIES OF CLOSELY SPACED HORIZONTAL PARALLEL GROOVES/.2 HANDLE ON ONE SIDE HAS SERIES OF HORIZONTAL PARALLEL RIDGES & ITS BASE IS IN A ROUGHLY TRIANGULAR SHAPE