Waterbottle, Mark IV, owned by Trooper J H Evelyn, 47th Coy, 13th Bn Imperial Yeomanry, 1900 (c)

Made of enamelled steel, circular in shape; spaced at an equal distance around the edge are three tin loops through which is threaded a leather suspension strap; spout with a tin capped cork stopper attached to the bottle by a chain; covered in thick brown felt; one side is faintly inscribed, ‘EVELYN’; strap is printed with the broad arrow and inscribed in ink, ‘J, EVELYN’.

This type of bottle was used with Slade Wallace Pattern equipment.