Antique Baths of Ivybridge is currently displayed an unusual bath for sale on behalf of a client in their showroom. It was not initially apparent what date the rare glass canopy bath was made.
 
The clients selling the bath have done a lot of digging around. The bath was installed in the house they bought in 2003. "The family that sold the house to us had lived in the property for fifty years," the clients said. "When they moved to the house in 1953 the bath was already there and it looked as it has been in the house for a long time. We think the bath is from 1926. There are a few reasons why we believe this to be true."
 
"At the time the central heating was put in, the bathroom in which the glass canopy bath was situated was created. The builders could tell that they were done at the same time. The bathroom walls were tiled in vitrolite glass which was popular or trendy in the 1920s."
 
"We also discovered big gaps around the pipes which came into the bathroom filled with newspaper and when we removed some of the old tiles we found the voids were filled with newspaper some of which dated back to May 1926."
 
Kim from Antique Baths said, "The glass canopy bath is 186cm by 82cm long with spoon feet, plunge bath mechanism and shower jets from overhead chrome pipes. The original pipework is intact."
 
Update:
Antique Baths of Ivybridge is now run by Stefan and Alison Ward, who continue to specialise in original antique cast iron baths, rescue and beautifully restore the baths back to their former glory.