Foot Warmer
date: label: date made
content: ca 1865
notes: label: Description
content: Hot water- or sand-heated foot warmer or stove, consisting of a square, string-inlaid wooden box on four gilded ball feet with an upholstered, hinged lid that contains a removable, hinged-top, tinplate container or reservoir for the heat source. Green velvet upholstery with metallic ribbonwork and brass tacks; fleece-lined interior. Inside edge of box is trimmed with blue-white-and-pink gimp that is attached to inside edge of lid to prevent it from falling back. Hook-and-eye closure. No marks.
label: Description
content: Hermann Hock and Jacob Zilz of Philadelphia, PA, patented the design for this foot warmer in 1865 (U.S. Patent No. 50,123); for their patent model, see DL*251770.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Miss Elizabeth S. Stevens
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.311658
label: catalog number
content: 311658
label: accession number
content: 64443
objectType: label: Object Name
content: warmer, foot
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: mahogany (box material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood, light (stringing material)
label: Physical Description
content: velvet, silk (upholstery material)
label: Physical Description
content: fleece (lining material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (container material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/4 in x 14 1/4 in x 11 3/4 in; 9.525 cm x 36.195 cm x 29.845 cm