Description:
Footwarmers were oval or in the shape of a bread loaf and had a spout for filling at the top. These forms were usually clear or black-glazed and are rare today. These warmers were sometimes called pigs because of their shape. Cylindrical shaped warmer with swelled sides and a spout, one end of the warmer is unglazed and there are striations or marks from removal from a turning potter's wheel, at the opposite end is a projecting knob or finial - similarly shaped to a drawer knob, stoneware body covered in a dark brown manganese glaze, Painted in red on the side of the object, "87." and in black, "Col./ Bennington/ Vt./ '10" Originally part of the Burton N. Gates Collection. The original Gates notecard for this object reads, "Water Bottle./ Col. Bennington, Vt. 1910. Stoneware: Black glaze. [drawing of object above] Protrit? bottle./ 11 in. long./ purchased by WTB at auction of Gates/ residue." According to stoneware expert and dealer, Lorraine German, she believes that the footwarmer has a Bennington, VT, origin.
Subjects:
Pottery; glaze (coating by location); Stoneware Link to share this object record:
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