Physical Qualities
Steel, chrome plate, bakelite, 6 1/4 x 22 x 11 in. (15.9 x 55.9 x 27.9 cm)
Credit Line
Friends of the American Wing Fund
Object Number
1997.191
Practical but chic, large-scale serving items such as this gleaming food warmer and the resplendent coffee urn nearby reflect the move toward less formal entertaining in early 20th-century homes. The generous, geometric, simplified forms of these appliances conjure the spirit of modernity, also expressed by streamlined designs and chromium trim on automobiles of the period.
Markings: Marked underneath warmer "MADE BY MANNING-BOWMAN & CO./MERIDEN, CONN. U.S.A./VOLTS 110-120 WATTS 120 CATL NO. 104 SERIAL NO."
