Foot warmer - Explanation on a slip of paper attached to picture: "The demand for foot warmers in colonial times was obviously very high for so many examples have survived until today. This example fortunately retains the small circular pan which held the hot coals. Courtesy, Florence John Antiques."
Tin Coffee Pot and foot warmer. Footwarmers were filled with hot coals from the hearth and were principally used in churches. This one, made entirely of tin, is pierced with Pennsylvania motifs. From the collection of H. Kauffman.