| |  | | A description of Twyford's Planet model |
| |  | | One of Twyford's 1896 designs |
| |  | | Two of Twyford's French polishers |
| |  | | A Twyford's 19th century wooden toilet seat |
| |  | | A Crapper toilet covered with a colourful flower transfer |
| |  | | A Crapper with a panoramic landscape in the classical style |
| |  | | A Crapper toilet with embossed relief decoration |
| |  | | A description of Twyford's Deluge toilet |
| |  | | All Crapper toilets had 'model' names. This one is theSimplicitas |
| |  | | Many of Crapper's floral designs were repeated on the inside of
the toilet bowl |
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Antique business
Home Truths was contacted this week by two august individuals from the toilet world.
Simon Kirby is the current owner of Thomas Crapper and Company, a Sanitary Engineering company founded in Chelsea in 1861. He sent in pictures of some of his most prized antique loos.
Then there was Terry Wooliscroft, archivist for Twyford bathrooms, who wanted to share his knowledge on toilet seats.
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