Tin rectangular body with rounded shoulders; rectangular door with brass knob on door and ring handles on sides; wrought iron cabriole legs with penny feet; three shelves; open back; painted black and decorated in gold with stylized leafy swirls.
plate warmers
cookware
brass (alloy)
iron (metal)
leaf (plant material)
foliation (pattern)
leaf (metal)
painting (coating)
sheet metal
tinning
wrought
leaf (plant material)
foliation (pattern)
leaf (metal)
Iron
Tinned
Wrought
Brass
Painted
Leaf
WARMER, PLATE
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
England
28.875 x 13.375 x 9.875 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1018
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