One European-style tool for adding warmth to a cold bed is the brass bed warmer. Featuring a hinged lid over a round pan, it was filled with hot coals.

This brass bed warmer once belonged to one of the city’s founding families, the Hanscomes. The Hanscome family came to La Crosse in 1853 from Maine.

Question: My parents have an antique bed warmer purchased by them at an auction in 1952. It has an 11-inch brass pan and a 30-inch dark wood handle. They are ...

She also acquired the bed warmer for an incredibly reasonable price. Labelled at £95, Irita went on to buy the item for the bargain price of £20 and later sold it for an underwhelming total of ...

She also acquired the bed warmer for an incredibly reasonable price. Labelled at £95, Irita went on to buy the item for the bargain price of £20 and later sold it for an underwhelming total of ...