Description:
Tin footwarmer with a pierced heart decoration on the tin and four wooden turned posts and frame. Footwarmers, common objects in 18th and 19th century homes, were a portable source of heat for the home, church, or wagon. and had a tin of hot coals placed inside to keep a person's feet warm; very often these coal pans are lost. 18th century examples are rare since pierced tin plate corrodes easily. George Sheldon donated a footwarmer to PVMA, listed in the Kitchen as, "603. Foot Stove with Ash Pan, 1780."
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