Heater
- Object Name:
- Heater
- Object ID:
- 1966.549.05
- Date:
- 1800-1900
- Description:
- Tea Heater, tin. Upended cylinder (A) with hinged door with pointed top in base of front and loop handle attached to upper part of center back. Conical projecting "ears" at top on each side. Round single-burner oil lamp (E) with flat disc handle sits inside door. Two pans (B-C) with flat disc handles on either side fit inside each other and hang inside top of lamp by their handles. Slightly domed lid (D) fits inside these. Japanned with Prussian blue and stenciled in floral design in silver and gold. The extending "ears" are air vents. Lower pan is for hot water and upper for milk or other liquids being heated.
- Material:
- Metal
Tin - Dimensions:
- H-8.5 W-6.5 Dia-4.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Also called Nurse's Lamp.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of John Calvin Thorne
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