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 KING GEORGE V'S BATH COMES TO SALVO FAIR
SIMON Kirby, managing director of Thomas Crapper & Co, is bringing the original cast iron roll top bath used by George V and Queen Mary in the Royal Train.
The story goes, most convincingly, that in 1915 His Majesty undertook a morale-boosting tour around wartime England, whether this was before or after breaking his pelvis in a fall from a horse while on a trip to inspect the troops at the front, we do not know. The normal routine of blagging overnight accommodation at the nearest stately home was not deemed possible owing to the shortage of servants being dispatched to the Somme. So overnighters and on-board ablutions were required.
The bath has silver-plated taps, remote plunger waste and silent steamless water inlet, and will be on offer at the Salvo Fair priced at £14,500. Simon bought the bath at an auction of stuffed animals in Cornwall, notable for the presence and enthusiatic bidding of Harry Hills. The restoration has been undertaken with no expense spared, as is Mr Kirby's wont, with most pieces being replated in silver.
The Thomas Crapper stand at the Salvo Fair will also feature florally-decorated Victorian and Edwardian WC pans of the £1,000 to £2,000 variety, and some more modest items of antique sanitaryware for the less discerning and well off. It is hoped that comedian Tim Fitzhigham's 'Row a Victorian bath across the English Channel for charity' Thomas Crapper shower bath will also be on display, collecting money for Sport Relief.
[Photo: Simon Kirby and the roll top bath with silver-plated plumbing and taps, from the bathroom of King George V and Queen Mary in the Royal Train
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Date Created : 06 Jun 2005 09:11:50
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