Carriage warmer
Category
Metalwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass, Copper
Measurements
360 mm (Width) x 130 mm (Depth); 760 mm (Length)
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Chastleton House, Oxfordshire
NT 1430255
Caption
Despite this item's unusual appearance and location in the kitchen it has nothing to do with cooking! It is in fact a copper carriage warmer; hot water would be poured into the spout, then it would be wrapped in blankets and placed inside a carriage to keep those travelling warm.
Summary
A boat-shaped copper carriage warmer with screw-top brass button lid
Provenance
Sheldon Bosley (Moreton) 24 April 1991 (35) £540