Nice french Antique copper Bassinoire XIX C.th

french antique nice copper Bassinoire Bassinoire engraved birds , fruits... XIXeme; good old condition For the young people; the bassinoire, or stoking(fire chamber) - bed, is a former(old) utensil to arrange(treat carefully) that we often found in the campaign(countryside) to 1950s in Europe. It was about a small basin with drilled, metal lid (mainly copper, good heat conductor easy to shape), at the end of a handle of 40 cms in 1,20 m. In the evening, before lying down(going to bed), the inhabitants took embers in the home(foyer), the stove(furnace) or the cook(cooker), put them in the bassinoire and crossed(spent) her(it) inside beds to warm them. If the bassinoire was too long left with it, she could set fire to the bedding. ref3540 shipping worldwide

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price: 100 €