Foot stove

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.

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  Old foot stove from Northern Germany
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  Stove from the Netherlands
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  A foot stove from around 1930

See also

• Korsi, a similar Iranian item
• Kotatsu, a similar Japanese item

External links

• Foot stoves from the Vermeer inventory
• Dutch foot stove dated 1675, Albany Institute of History & Art
• Metal and wood foot stove
• Tin and wood foot stove, c. 1765