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Plate Warmer

Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1805-1820

GUSN

GUSN-5162

Description

Four cabriole legs with pad feet support an upright box with a hinged front door, open back and a cane molded edge below the flat top, original paint: black ground with a stenciled floral design in orange, cream and gilt. 2 shelves, 2 ring handles.

Details

Descriptive Terms

plate warmers
cookware
painting (coating)
stenciling
tin (metal)
floral patterns
Tin
Painted
Stenciled
Floral
WARMER, PLATE

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

England

Dimensions

27 x 13 x 9.5 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.546

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