Foot warmer (open)

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This small stool opens up to reveal a tin canister which when filled with hot water would warm the feet.

The stool frame is made from oak and pine and the cover from a woollen fabric. The lining inside is felt and the fittings iron and brass. The canister is made of tin with a brass screw top.

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• Online ID: 000-190-002-103-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.KNM 1 A
• Date: 1850 - 1920
  Between 1850 and 1920
  
• Material: Wood; carpet-covered lid
  Footstool / foot-warmer
  
• Dimensions: 11.10" x 10.00" x 3.90"
  
• What: Footstool / foot-warmer
  
• Subject: Furniture, miscellaneous (NMAS Classification)
  
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• Description: Rectangular wooden footstool, part of a foot-warmer, with a carpet-covered fringed lid and four plain feet, 1850 - 1920
  
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