foot stove
A foot stove consists of a wooden box which is open on one side, with holes or a slab at the top. In it, a bowl made of pottery or metal with burning charcoal was placed. The feet were positioned on top of the stove to become warm. By putting a blanket or clothing on the legs, the heat could be isolated, and the lower legs were heated.
Foot stoves were used in Northern Germany, the Netherlands, and the United States.{{Cite web
| title = Foot warmers & foot stoves: portable holders for hot coals, hot water
| work = Home Things Past
| date = 25 April 2012
| accessdate = 2014-07-09
| url = http://www.homethingspast.com/foot-warmers/
}}
File:Kieke2.jpg|Old foot stove from Northern Germany
File:Stoof0752.JPG|Stove from the Netherlands
File:Voetenstoof.jpg|A foot stove from around 1930
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160305102634/http://www.johannesvermeer.info/verm/house/hz-stoven-eng.htm Foot stoves from the Vermeer inventory]
- [http://www.albanyinstitute.org/details/items/foot-stove.html Dutch foot stove dated 1675], Albany Institute of History & Art
- [http://www.memorialhall.mass.edu/collection/itempage.jsp?itemid=10452 Metal and wood foot stove]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140714203948/http://www.rubylane.com/item/586567-RL-000296/Fine-Colonial-American-18th-c-Wood Tin and wood foot stove, c. 1765]
- [https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/feuerkieke-77923ea1eec4434d96ab8ea96d1a46c0 3D-Model: Feuerkieke] Sketchfab, 3D-Platform