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Foot warmers solved the problem of cold feet in past generations. Some warmers held charcoal, others held hot water. Pottery, tin, and soapstone were the favored materials to conduct the heat. The warmer was kept under the feet, then the legs and feet were tucked into a blanket, providing welcome warmth in a cold carriage or church. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, first-class passengers on trains had a piece of carpet or a carpet-covered hot water bottle and third-class passengers had some straw for foot warmers. |
| Category | Pattern or Item | Description | Year Priced | | Foot Warmers | Blue & White | Stoneware, Logan Pottery Company | 1999 | | Foot Warmers | Blue Enamel | Cast Iron, 1850s, 6 x 9 5/8 In. | 2000 | | Foot Warmers | Blue White | Stoneware | 1999 | | Foot Warmers | Brass | Oval Box, Hinged, Pierced Lid, Wood & Brass Swing Handle, 5 x 11 In. | 2004 | | Foot Warmers | Brass | Pierced Design In Lid, Tulip Sides, Dutch, C.1720 | 1997 | | Foot Warmers | Brass | Pull-out Drawer For Coals, Lehman Bros., 13 3/4 In. | 2002 | | Foot Warmers | Brass | Punched Holes, Bail Handle, Dutch, C.1700 | 2005 | | Foot Warmers | Brass | Red Fabric, Charcoal Inside, Lehman Bros., N.y., 12 X 5 In. | 2007 | | Foot Warmers | Brass Lid | Metal Base, Wood, Chaufferette Veilleuse Perfectionnee, Paris, 2 X 10 X 7 In. | 2007 | | Foot Warmers | Bronze | Etched, People, Landscape, Chinese, C.1800, 5 X 10 X 8 In. | 2007 | | Foot Warmers | Buggy | Pair | 1995 | | Foot Warmers | Carriage | Copper, Hot Water, 19th Century | 1998 | | Foot Warmers | Cherry | Pierced Designs | 1999 | | Foot Warmers | Cherry | Punched Tin, Mortised, No Handle, 8 1/4 In. | 1997 | | Foot Warmers | Clark Heater | No. 7-d, Drawer, Chicago Flexible Shaft Co., 13 1/2 X 7 X 4 In. | 2007 | | Foot Warmers | Coach | Double Size | 1996 | | Foot Warmers | Copper | Bed, Oval, Germany | 2009 | | Foot Warmers | Copper | Oval, Original Patina, Germany | 2009 | | Foot Warmers | Copper | Round, Loop Handle, | 2009 | | Foot Warmers | Copper | Brass Top, Anchor Symbol, Kraussware, Rein Kupfer, 8 1/2 X 11 In. | 2007 | | Foot Warmers | Copper | Garantiert Rein Kupfer, 0.75 Mm Stark, Germany | 2007 | | Foot Warmers | Copper | The Bull Dog, Mesh Handle, 1800s, 4 X 9 In. | 2007 | | Foot Warmers | Crockery | Screw-in Stopper | 1999 | | Foot Warmers | Drilled Hole Designs | Red Paint, Tin Pan, Cherry, 7 X 10 In. | 1996 | | Foot Warmers | Eagle Design | Tin, Bail Handle | 1998 |
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