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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.
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| Image | Category | Pattern or Item | Description | Year Priced | | | Foot Warmers | Hardwood | Sheet Metal Liner,Turned Posts,1800s,8 x 11 In. Illustrated | 2011 |  | Foot Warmers | Oak | Carved,Wrought Iron Bail Handle,Frisian,c.1800,6 3/4 In. Illustrated | 2011 |  | Foot Warmers | Tin | Punched Wood, Wire Bail Handle, Tag, H Foot, 5 3/4 x 9 x 7 1/2 In., Illustrated | 2010 | | | Foot Warmers | Tin | Pierced Sides & Top, Wire Handle, Tin Insert, 10 1/2 In. | 2010 | | | Foot Warmers | Tin | Punched, Wood, Lap Joints, Wire Bail Handle, Hinged Door, Round, 6 x 9 1/2 In. | 2010 |  | Foot Warmers | Pine | Pierced Tin, Wire Handle, Early 19th Century, 5 x 9 x 8 In., illustrated | 2009 |  | Foot Warmers | Tin Punched | Wood, Handle, 6 1/4 x 10 In., illustrated | 2009 | | | Foot Warmers | Copper | Bed, Oval, Germany | 2009 | | | Foot Warmers | Copper | Oval, Original Patina, Germany | 2009 | | | Foot Warmers | Copper | Round, Loop Handle, | 2009 | | | Foot Warmers | Metal | Screw-In Cap, Impressed With B, Bath Row Bottling Co. | 2009 | | | Foot Warmers | Stoneware | 2-Tone, Denby Bourne Derby, Unglazed Bottom, 11 1/2 In. | 2009 | | | Foot Warmers | Stoneware | Lovatt’s Langley Ware, Stopper, 10 1/2 x 4 1/2 In. | 2009 | | | Foot Warmers | Stoneware | Treaded Plug, 10 x 3 3/4 In. | 2009 | | | Foot Warmers | Tin | Pierced, Wood Frame & Feet, Bail Handle, Ember Tray Inside, 1800s, 7 x 10 In. | 2009 | | | Foot Warmers | Tin | Punched, Hearts, Mahogany, Bulbous, Columns, Wire Bail Handle, 6 1/4 x 10 x 8 3/4 In. | 2009 | | | Foot Warmers | Tin | Stenciled Flowers, Heated With Coal, Tole, 1800s | 2009 | | | Foot Warmers | Tin | Turned & Joined Wood, Circle & Heart Pierced, Hudson Valley, 1800s, 8 In. | 2009 | | | Foot Warmers | Tin | Wood, Pierced, Heart, Circle Pattern, 18th Century, 6 x 9 In. | 2009 | | | Foot Warmers | Wood | Iron Coal Insert, Red Stain, Wire Handle, 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 8 In. | 2009 | | | Foot Warmers | Wood | Punched Tin, Primitive, Handle Cup | 2009 | | | Foot Warmers | Wood | Heated By Coal, Small Drawer, 3 1/2 x 14 x 4 1/2 In. | 2009 | | | 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 |
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