Haws Watering Can

A red metal watering can with a large spout. It is sitting on a wooden slated bench. In the background there are ferns, geraniums, and ivy plants in pots.
Watering can in the Eldon House Greenhouse

Country of Origin: England
Year: ca. 1940
Materials: Metal and paint 

The Haws Company has been manufacturing watering cans since 1886, when founder John Haws decided to create a watering can “that is much easier to carry and tip, and at the same time being much cleaner, and more adapted for use than any other put before the public.” (Haws website) His design consisted of a longer spout giving more control to the gardener, and these watering cans became extremely popular. The Haws Company has continued to manufacture watering cans into the present day.

We acknowledge that we are on the traditional lands of the Anishinaabek, Haudenosaunee, Lūnaapéewak and Attawandaron. We honour and respect the history, languages and culture of the diverse Indigenous people who call this territory home.

We acknowledge all the treaties that are specific to this area: the Two Row Wampum Belt Treaty of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy/Silver Covenant Chain; the Beaver Hunting Grounds of the Haudenosaunee NANFAN Treaty of 1701; the McKee Treaty of 1790, the London Township Treaty of 1796, the Huron Tract Treaty of 1827, with the Anishinaabeg, and the Dish with One Spoon Covenant Wampum of the Anishnaabek and Haudenosaunee.

The three Indigenous Nations that are neighbours to London are the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation; Oneida Nation of the Thames; and the Munsee-Delaware Nation who all continue to live as sovereign Nations with individual and unique languages, cultures, and customs.