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Warmer, Bed

Object Name:
Warmer, Bed
Object ID:
1947.025.53
Date:
circa 1800
Description:
Bed warming pan. Circular brass pan. Hinged brass cover with engraved floral design and three sets of five holes. Long turned wooden handle fitted into brass socket and secured with copper rivets.
Material:
Metal
Wood
Brass
Dimensions:
H-3.7 L-43.7 Dia-11.4 inches
Provenance:
Collected by Mary Thompson (Mason) Tilney (1855-1914), mother of the donor, from farm houses near her summer home in Pleasant Valley, NH (near Wolfeboro) between 1895 and 1913.
Credit Line:
The Tilney Collection, Gift of Jessie M. Tilney, in Memory of Robert Fingland Tilney and Mary Mason Tilney
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