Foot Warmer
date: label: date made
content: ca 1775-1825
notes: label: Description
content: Rectangular, slat-top foot warmer or stove with opposed double-baluster supports that holds a perforated tin box with wire-rimmed, hinged front door containing a small block of soapstone as the heat source. Box top has three perforated bands, while its 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 door pull. Doweled through-tenon joints. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: United States, Northeastern
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mr. Kenneth E. Jewett
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.251349.0160
label: catalog number
content: 251349.0160
label: accession number
content: 251349
objectType: label: Object Name
content: warmer, foot
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (frame material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron (box material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (box material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron wire (handles material)
label: Physical Description
content: soapstone (slug material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 5/8 in x 9 in x 8 in; 14.2875 cm x 22.86 cm x 20.32 cm