Wafax - Wades of Halifax

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  Wafax (Wades of Halifax),  a family firm founded in 1928 still making specialised presswork and spinnings. 

wafax This mark on pancake copper hot water bottle.   The item also has a Design Registration Number of 849839 which would have been issued in 1947.  This design would have to meet the post war need for economy using limited supplies of copper.

 

wafax - and this mark on the black stopper.

 

 

 

 

 

 

wafax3 This mark raised on the side of a dome-shaped bottle of earlier date still fitted with a brass plug.