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conservatory, courtyard, dog, enamel, food, French, galvanised, garden, laundry, lessiveuse, Linen, planter, steel, washing machine
I have bought a few of these lovely galvanised bins over the last couple of months. They’re attractive and have so many uses – great planters for your garden or conservatory and superb for storing dry dog food. I sold one last week and it’s going to store chicken feed – perfect!
But although we can find innumerable uses for them today, they are in fact “lessiveuses”. Invented in the late 19th century they are designed to be put on a fire and used to boil up your linens.
We have one filled with plants in our courtyard and every time I look at it I will thanks the gods for my wonderful Zanussi work horse!
I have two sizes of galvanised tub, one size “3″ and one size “4″ and one white enamel model with domed lid, obviously unused and complete with its internal fittings.
Prices from £55
