Title

Brass warming pan, 17th century, (1881). Creator: J Brooke.

Caption

Brass warming pan, 17th century, (1881). Etching of a warming pan with perforated and engraved lid, made in England. The decoration shows a man and woman on a stylised floral ground. Before the advent of central heating, warming-pans were used to take the chill off cold, damp beds. They were filled with hot coals from the fire, then moved swiftly between the sheets using the long handle. From "The South Kensington Museum", a book of engraved illustrations, with descriptions, of the works of art in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (formerly known as the South Kensington Museum). [Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London, 1881]

Date

1881

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F37_044

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60,9Mb (1,7Mb) / 12,9in x 18,3in / 3879 x 5490 (300dpi)

Keywords

England arts country metal book museum English decorative brass location century pierced floral literature artefact heating artifact flowered 17th century 19th century B W Victoria and Albert Museum nineteenth century seventeenth century The Print Collector Museum of Ornamental Art South Kensington Museum warming-pan etching engraving Victoria & Albert Museum V&A V&A Museum Sampson Low The South Kensington Museum Marston J Brooke Brooke J J. Brooke Brooke J. bed warmer warming pan