Food warmer
Sam Clarke
Category
Metalwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
steel & glass
Measurements
180 x 140 mm; 80 mm (Height); 110 mm (Diameter)
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Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 289048
Summary
A food warmer composing of a circular base supporting a ring (with a handle) on three legs. The base has the maker's mark, 'Clarke's Pyramid Food Warmer' impressed around the base. The ring is pierced with trefoils. Also a reeded glass dome with a hole in the top, also marked in raised lettering, 'S Clarke's Patent Trade Mark Fairy'. A white ceramic lid with spout cover, printed in black; ' Sam Clarke's/Patent Pyramid/Food Warmer'; in F/523.
Marks and inscriptions
SAM CLARKE'S/PATENT PYRAMID/FOOD WARMER (ceramic lid)
Makers and roles
Sam Clarke, manufacturer