Pierced brass bedwarmer with etched flower design, flat metal handle. Used at Highfields, Byfield, MA.
bed warmers
brass (alloy)
Warmer, Bed
Warmer, Bed
"Warming pan used at 'Highfields,' Byfield, MA. Probably belonged to Abraham & Ann Longfellow Adams married at Highfields 1783" (handwritten)
1299.140
Unknown
41 1/2 (H) (inches)
Gift of the Joan Pearson Watkins Trust
2015.62.140
Byfield (Essex county, Massachusetts)
United States
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