Thread: Scuttle with a warm water reservoir

Originally Posted by Oldschool66

I had wondered if it had been intended for cake soap... So you wouldn't fill the bottom with hot water like today's scuttles? I wonder if you could still use it with a non-cake soap? I found a vintage one that I would like to pick up but it has the holes hence the question.

The bottom of the vintage scuttles would be filled with water for the brush to soak in.

The old scuttles were made for an era when folks didn't have hot water right at hand like today. Today's scuttles are really made to keep the brush warm period. The old ones were used with brush and soap.