Foot Warmer

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Description:

Rectangular, slat-top, wood-frame foot warmer or stove with opposed double-baluster supports that holds a perforated tin box with wire-rimmed, hinged door. Box top with three bands of perforations; box sides feature one large hole at center enclosed by a heart in a circle. Wire bail handle hooked through loops on frame top; wire loop pull on box. Doweled through-tenon joints. No marks.

According to the donor this foot stove was made and owned by Benjamin Farmer (1742-1840) of Rutland, Vermont.

Date Made: ca 1750-1800

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Vermont, Rutland

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life, Domestic Furnishings

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Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. H. F. Olmstead

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.60.1187Catalog Number: 60.1187Accession Number: 63164

Object Name: warmer, foot

Physical Description: wood (frame material)iron (box material)tin (box material)iron wire (handles material)Measurements: overall: 5 5/8 in x 8 5/8 in x 7 5/8 in; 14.2875 cm x 21.9075 cm x 19.3675 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-8f5f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_311378

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