Hand Warmer

Hand Warmer

Hand warmers

The hand warmer is molded and has an aperture near one end for filling with hot water. A large hole at the bottom of an inner wall allows the water to pass into the other book. Relief decoration includes ribbed spines, pseudo clasps, and masks within diamonds superimposed on circles. Painting outlines and forms decorative bands on some relief ornament, creates flowers, outlines two-dimensional surfaces, and defines "page edges."

English (Artist)

University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
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Jonathan Horne, A Collection of Early English Pottery, London (sales catalogue), part 15, no. 414

Dealer: Jonathan Horne

Property of the Chipstone Foundation

Chipstone Accession No. 1995.7, Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture, Chipstone Foundation Collection, Chipstone Ceramics Collection

Buff earthenware, slightly transparent white tin glaze

Physical object

UofW Digital Collection Number: 1995.7
AOB 9: 4-26-2012

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1660-1680

5 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in x 4 in (14 cm x 10.8 cm x 10.2 cm)

1 hand warmer (5 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in x 4 in)

University of Wisconsin

glazing (coating)
earthenware

London, England

Chipstone Foundation Collection.