Summary
Ceramic bowl flush toilet with elevated wall-mounted cast-iron cistern. Also rusted iron frame which originally supported a timber seat.
Removed from a former workers' toilet in the courtyard of the Phoenix Clothing Factory at 347a King Street, Melbourne, when the building was being refurbished in 1997.
This toilet is of the original type approved for use by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works during the 1890s and is believed to have been installed at the phoenix clothing factory site in about 1899 when the Melbourne central business district was first sewered.
Physical Description
Ceramic bowl flush toilet with elevated wall-mounted cast-iron cistern. Lever and chain operated. Two-gallon capacity. Also rusted iron frame which originally supported a timber seat.
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mrs & Mr Vanessa & John Mikulic, by Oct 1997
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Manufacturer
Shanks & Co Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1900
Manufacturer of Cistern -
Manufacturer
Bendigo Pottery Co Ltd, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, circa 1900
Probable Manufacturer of Toilet Bowl. -
Inscriptions
Cistern marked "SHANKS & CO. IMPROVED LEVERN PTY. LTD." in raised lettering cast into front surface. Cistern marked "SHANKS & CO. IMPROVED LEVERN PTY. LTD." in raised lettering cast into front surface.
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Classification
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
75 cm (Length), 50 cm (Width), 200 cm (Height), 35.73 kg (Weight)
APPROX. DIMENSIONS & WEIGHT ONLY, extra parts in box are 10kg
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Exhibition Collection Management
750 mm (Length), 500 mm (Width), 2000 mm (Height)
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Dimensions
60 cm (Length), 36 cm (Width), 42 cm (Height)
Measurement From Conservation. Measuring Method: Maximum dimensions
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