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Bed Warmer

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1780-1820

GUSN

GUSN-50667

Description

A circular hinged copper pan with a punched decoration of a rooster and leafy devices, on a baluster turned handle.

Details

Descriptive Terms

pans (containers)
brass (alloy)
copper (metal)
maple (wood)
punching (surface marking technique)
turning (shaping process)
maple (wood)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
red jungle fowl
Copper
Maple
Turned
Punched
Rooster
Brass
WARMER, BED

Associated Building

Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

40 x 11.5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Amelia W. Little

Accession Number

1986.118

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