Tan and brown salt-glazed stoneware pottery loaf-shaped foot or bed warmer; brown end with separate ceramic screw-in stopper on top side of "loaf"; also known as a hot water bottle.
Tan and brown salt-glazed stoneware pottery loaf-shaped foot or bed warmer; brown end with separate ceramic screw-in stopper on top side of "loaf"; also known as a hot water bottle.
Number Of Parts
2
Part Names
a - warmer - Size: Length 29.0 cm x Width 11.5 cm x Depth 13.5 cm
b - stopper - Size: Depth 3.6 cm x Diameter 4.5 cm
Provenance
Mrs. Carolyn Gorwill of Kingston, Ont.; Mrs. Gorwill's grandfather, Dr. H. H. Ross, of Seaforth, Ont.
Used in the home to warm the feet of while in bed; filled with hot water through opening at top; common 19th and early 20th century household item in Canada. Also known as a 'pig', because it ‘hogs’ the space at the bottom of a bed as a bed warmer.
Made by William Bourne's Pottery at Denby, England; the company was known for salt-glazed stoneware goods.
Exhibit History
Hall of Honour, Kingston General Hospital - "Beyond Ether: 150 Years of Anaesthesia" - Sept. 27, 1997- June 2011