https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/17723/fullHand warmer in the shape of a book (perhaps a prayer book)1659Overall: 13 x 10.8 x 6.5 cm (5 1/8 x 4 1/4 x 2 9/16 in.)Tin-glazed earthenware (delftware)Gift of George and Helen GardinerPossible Origin: London, EnglandG83.1.5111English Lambeth Delft hand warmer in the form of a prayer book with two clasps. There is a hollow funnel down the spine into which hot water was poured, and then when the book was upturned the water did not leak out. The hand warmer is decorated in blue with a diamond motif, with four tulip heads at the corners and a quarter petalled flower head at top and base corner near the spine.
14th to 18th Century European Earthenware and StonewareEnglish Delftware[]European CeramicsEnglish Earthenware - Delftware181293695EnglishCharles II (1649-1685)"L.D/1659"
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Date 1659