{"id":10363,"date":"2024-08-26T14:16:25","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T12:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brokenhousecompany.it\/blog\/ilsanitario\/?p=10363"},"modified":"2026-11-03T23:07:23","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T22:07:23","slug":"historic-thomas-crapper-collection-for-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brokenhousecompany.it\/blog\/ilsanitario\/2024\/08\/26\/historic-thomas-crapper-collection-for-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic Thomas Crapper collection for sale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hitler-faced potty among the unique collection of historic bathroom fixtures being sold<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A potty with Adolf Hitler<\/a>‘s face on the bottom is among a collection of bathroom items up for sale, along with hundreds of Thomas Crapper<\/a> loos. He is famous for improving the toilet and inventing the floating ballcock. Toilets, taps, basins, and baths make up the Crapper cluster, with the owner hoping someone will be keen enough to buy it as a complete set, lest the lovely lavs be split up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the BBC<\/a>, eight years after leaving Warwickshire-based Thomas Crapper & Co., Simon Kirby, the former boss, is selling hundreds of vintage items. The nearly 40-year-old collection, which served as the foundation for the company’s private museum<\/a>, can be yours for roughly \u00a3300,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mr. Kirby claimed that while serving as managing director, he progressively gathered the pieces as a side project. His collection includes polished wooden loo seats, ancient brass taps, enormous old cast-iron baths, and the potty with the Fuhrer feature, which was really developed by Crown Devon rather than Thomas Crapper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Kirby said, “These pieces are now so rare that the collection could not be assembled today.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I no longer run a Victorian sanitaryware company, so I cannot justify keeping the collection. It is time for it to be explored and enjoyed by the public.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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