TWO BRASS BED WARMING PANS

TWO BRASS BED WARMING PANS

WITH RARE MAKER'S MARK, ENGLISH, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY

each with domed lid, one pierced with scrolling foliate decoration, topped by the punched initials 'I:B', attributed to James Burrows, with a fruitwood handle, together with a copper and brass example, with punched floral decoration, stamped 'WW' maker's mark to collar, with a turned beech handle (2)

30.5cm diameter (max)

Literature

R. Butler, 'A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600-c.1900', p.47 no. 89 and p.97, no. 208 respectively.