Bed warmer
date: label: Date
content: 19th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
notes: label: Description
content: A brass bed warmer. The bed warmer has an elongated handle and a round container covered with a finely decorated and perforated lid. The shaft of the handle is square straight and at the top is an ornate brass handle with a ball tip and a drilled hole at the end. The pan itself is brass, rounded, plain and has a wide lip. It is attached at the lip to the handle with a rivet that has been welded into place. The lid covers the entire pan and is rounded on top and held in place with a hinge. One half of the hinge has seven (7) rivets and has been soldered to the lid and the other half is attached to the handle shaft with two (2) rivets. The top of the lid is decorated with small perforations forming a large center circle, scalloped edges, and a single perforation in the middle of the circle. The lid has been decorated with incised hatch marks, daisies, half daisies, berries, and leaf designs, arranged in circular geometric patterns. On the underside of the handle, near the rivet, is a painted white rectangle with handwritten black text that reads [R293].
place: label: Place used
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Slavery
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.108.24.13
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: iron and brass (alloy)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 46 7/16 × 14 9/16 × 5 1/8 in. (118 × 37 × 13 cm)