Wooden carrying case w/ wire bail handle. Case is mortise and tenon construction w/ four turned supports joining top and bottom. Tin case has hinged door w/ ring handle. All four sides display punched decoration of heart inside circle. Inside tin case is a dished tin tray w/ applied handle.
heat-distributing units
tin (metal)
wood (plant material)
Tin
WARMER, FOOT
Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
11 x 7.625 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
1985.369A-C
Massachusetts (United States)
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