The Butler Hoard - 1st July 2025
Lot 142
TWO BRASS BED WARMING PANS
Estimate £80 - £120
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Description
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.