Artifact Trivia, Round Two

Curator Cat Frankie is back with another artifact from the Harrison House!

What’s that shiny round object Frankie is looking at?

Even though they’re very out of date today, it may still look familiar! That’s a bed warming pan. There’s around chamber on one end and a long handle on the other. It’s leaning next to the fireplace because, on cold nights, it would be filled with warm coals and placed between the sheets in a bed to warm it up! There are lots of kinds of things that do this: hot water bottles, electric blankets, cats. ;) Even today, when many houses have robust heating systems, we hate to get into a chilly bed!

And on that note, take a moment to appreciate the small things today—Veteran’s Day. Our lives may look very different from our ancestors’, but we are linked to them all the same!