Dutch Hindeloopen Square Footstove, 1837

Dutch Hindeloopen square footstove, 1837 Square stove, decorated with carvings of 4 x Turkish knots and fitted with a swing brass handle. The foot stove was carried to the church at the time. A foot stove consists of a wooden box which is open on one side, with handmade carved holes at the top and sides. Inside the stove belongs a bowl made of pottery with burning charcoal was placed. The fire test inside is missing. 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 insulated and the lower legs were heated. Hindeloopen is a Frisian town in the Netherlands on the IJsselmeer, which has its own culture. This has to do with its past as a trading city and port. The decorative painting, the local dialect, the colorful costumes and skating culture are examples of this. The Hindelooper painting is world famous. It is a technique in which furniture and other utensils are decorated with elegant flowers, leaves and curls. Commonly used colors are red-brown, blue, white or green as a background and ocher tones, white, blue and red for the decorations. The measurement is 16,5 cm high with handle is it 27 cm high, 20 cm wide and the depth is 17,5 cm. The weight is 738 grams. 1 Inch = 2,54 cm