A foot stove consists of a wooden box which is open on one side, with holes or a slab at the top. In it, a bowl made of pottery or metal with burning charcoal was placed. The feet were positioned on top of the stove to become warm. By putting a blanket or clothing on the legs the heat could be isolated and the lower legs were heated.
Foot stoves were used in Northern Germany, the Netherlands, and the United States.[1]
Old foot stove from Northern Germany
Stove from the Netherlands
A foot stove from around 1930
See also
References
- ↑ "Foot warmers & foot stoves: portable holders for hot coals, hot water". Home Things Past. 25 April 2012. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
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- Foot stoves from the Vermeer inventory
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