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On display at V&A South Kensington
Europe 1600-1815, Room 7, The Sheikha Amna Bint Mohammed Al Thani Gallery

Warming Pan

1602 (made)

In centre Venus and Cupid. Inscribed around the edge:
DEES*PAN*IS*REQVAEM*VOOR*VROVWEN*DIE*GEEREN*IN*EEN*WERN*BEDT*GHAEN*EN*NIMAMT*EN*HEBBEN*OM*HEN*TE*VERWERMEN*SOD*MOETEM*SI*HAER*BEDT*VIREN*MET*DE*PAN*ALS*SI*NIET*EN*HEBBEN*EENEN*MAN*DIE*HEN*DE*VOETEN*VERWERMEN*KAN*
ANNO*1602
This pan is suited for women who like to sleep in a warm bed and who have nobody to warm them, so they have to fire their bed by means of a pan if they haven't got a man who can warm their feet for them. Anno 1602.


Object details

Category
Gender and Sexuality
Object type
Warming pan
Brief description
Brass, DUTCH; dated 1602.; Brasswork
Physical description
In centre Venus and Cupid. Inscribed around the edge:
DEES*PAN*IS*REQVAEM*VOOR*VROVWEN*DIE*GEEREN*IN*EEN*WERN*BEDT*GHAEN*EN*NIMAMT*EN*HEBBEN*OM*HEN*TE*VERWERMEN*SOD*MOETEM*SI*HAER*BEDT*VIREN*MET*DE*PAN*ALS*SI*NIET*EN*HEBBEN*EENEN*MAN*DIE*HEN*DE*VOETEN*VERWERMEN*KAN*
ANNO*1602
This pan is suited for women who like to sleep in a warm bed and who have nobody to warm them, so they have to fire their bed by means of a pan if they haven't got a man who can warm their feet for them. Anno 1602.
Dimensions
  • Length: 1041mm
  • Pan diameter: 343mm
  • Hook at end of handle length: 25mm
  • Pan depth: 75mm
Gallery label
  • Warming pan with Venus and Cupid 1602 Warming pans filled with hot coals were passed between the bed sheets to heat them up. Although the goddess of love decorates this example, an inscription in Dutch explains that it is suitable ‘for women who haven’t got a man who can warm their feet for them’. Dutch Republic, now the Netherlands Brass(09.12.2015)
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
4214-1855

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Record createdAugust 29, 2002
Record URL
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