IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 227187 accession number: M.4-2019 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Tuesday 28 May 2019 updated: Tuesday 15 October 2019 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Pewter. Circular with vertical sides, and closed top in the shape of a plate with a sloping rim, and shallow well. On each side there is a hinged oval ring handle, and mid-way between them, on the rim, a rectangular hinged trap door covering the aperture for the hot water. The base has a flat central area bearing the touchmark and ‘hallmark’ surrounded by a raised footring, and an almost flat border with a raised edge. title: warming plate NOTES ----- type: history note value: Vendor in Accrington from whom purchased on Ebay for £20 on 31 August 2017 by the donor LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by Mrs Margaret Cook STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/227187 CATEGORIES ------ category: pewter DATING ------ creation date: 1819 - 1840 creation date earliest: 1819 creation date latest: 1840 culture: 19th Century, second quarter# culture: George IV CREATORS -------- maker: Cocks, Samuel maker: Cocks, Susannah DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Diameter units: cm value: 24 dimension: Height units: cm value: 3.5 dimension: Width units: cm value: 30.2 CITATIONS -------- Keeping it Hot. The Story of a Collection of Hot Water Warming Plates ---