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Rare 19th C. Child’s Foot Warmer
Walnut frame enclosing tinned iron sides decorated with the traditional heart-in-circle piercework motif. Untraditional and unusual, however, are its brass bale handle instead of the customary bent wire, and the fact that the corners of the frame are shaped like those on a Rhode Island tea table or Massachusetts candlestand. The typical adult foot warmer was roughly 10” or 11” square; this version, scaled down for a child, is 6¾” x 7¾”. It’s probable that instead of a pan of glowing coals, for safety the warmth was provided by a heated brick wrapped in flannel. Ca. 1820-1830.
$695
