MIDNIGHT OIL !! Antique De Klerk Original Copper & Brass Bed Warmer with Turned Wood Handle

ANTIQUE DE KLERK ORIGINAL COPPER & BRASS BED WARMER WITH HAND TURNED WOODEN HANDLE  - RARE COLLECTABLE

ALTHOUGH THIS LOVELY ANTIQUE ITEM IS ABSOLUTELY A BEAUTIFUL DECORATIVE AND ORNAMENTAL SHOWPIECE , I HESITATE TO THINK HOW ONE COULD FILL THIS THING WITH HOT COALS AND ACTUALLY PLACE IT ANYWHERE NEAR A BED ??  AND YET, THAT IS PRECISELY WHAT THESE ANTIQUE FOLKS WERE GETTING UP TO !!    I WOULD IMAGINE THE ITEM HAS A FAR SAFER USE FOR POPCORN PREP OR ROASTING SOMETHING OR OTHER......BUT NOT ME, AND NOT MY BED LINEN :) :)    (Midnight Oil - Beds are burning) The Aussie band may have attempted to use one of these ;) ;)

SO, JOKES ASIDE, THIS IS AN ANTIQUE DE KLERK ORIGINAL BED WARMER COMPOSED OF TWO CIRCULAR COPPER PANS HINGED TOGETHER WITH A COPPER BRACKET.  A BRASS RING IS ATTACHED TO THE TOP PAN PROBABLY TO FUNCTION AS A HANDLE AND A PATTERN HAS BEEN HAND ETCHED INTO THE TOP PANS SURFACE.  A BRASS HANDLE SOCKET IS ATTACHED TO THE BOTTOM PAN AND A HAND TURNED WOODEN HANDLE SECURED INSIDE

ALTHOUGH COMPLETELY FUNCTIONAL, THE ITEM SERVES A FAR BETTER PURPOSE AS A DECORATIVE GEM FROM THE PAST.    THE HANDLE HAS A NATURAL HOLE AT THE TOP WITH STRING FOR IT TO BE HUNG UP

"DE KLERKS COPPERSMITHS ARE TODAY A FOURTH GENERATION COMPANY BASED IN DOORNFONTEIN, JHB, AND ARE CURRENTLY THE ONLY COPPERSMITHS LEFT IN RSA.   THEIR COPPER PRODUCTS CAN BE FOUND ON AN INTERNATIONAL SCALE BUT WOULD STILL BE RARE ITEMS

STAMPS/MARKS ETC : THE ITEM IS STAMPED ON THE INSIDE -- "DE KLERK ORIGINAL"

LINKS/EXAMPLES ETC : THE LINKS DISPLAY SIMILAR BED WARMERS

http://thegables.co.za/product/1410074-copper-de-klerk-bed-warmer/

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Brass-Copper-French-Ornate-Bed-Warmer-/311879590846

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Georgian-Bed-Warmer-Copper-pan-hardwood-handle-antique-/222513635054

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Antique-Victorian-Copper-Original-Bed-Warming-Warmer-Pan-Bird-Decorated-Lid-/192199719665

CONDITION : THE ITEM HAS NORMAL WEAR COMMENSURATE WITH ITS ADVANCED AGE BUT IS OTHERWISE IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO OXIDATION, DENTS, DAMAGES TO THE PANS OR THE WOOD OR BREAKAGES

SIZE : 5cm HEIGHT OF PANS TOGETHER.....27.2cm DIAMETER.....55cm LENGTH OF HANDLE

WEIGHT -- 2 - 2.5kg

POSTAGE : Collection Possible.      Postage method is Buyers Choice

                   SAPO R50            

                   This item may be combined with ANY other items up to 5kg for ONE standard postage fee