Rectangular, slat-top, wooden frame foot warmer or stove with opposed double-baluster supports that holds a perforated tin box with wire-rimmed, hinged door; a square brazier or pan for holding heat source, made of a single cut and folded piece with bent front rim for handling, is inside. Box top has three bands of punched circles, while sides feature one large hole at center enclosed by a heart in a circle. Drawn-wire bail handle hooked through loops on frame top; brass wire pull on box. Doweled through-tenon joints. No marks.
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