Post-Medieval — Post-Medieval; 1566-1665
Pot, fuming pot
Fuming pots were used to heat herbs and spices to fragrance and fumigate people's houses. Hot embers would be put inside the pedestal base, which would heat the herbs in the chamber above. The herb chamber has holes in to let the smell of the herbs out. Fumigation was a popular method of preventing the spread of the plague as many people believed it was spread through miasma in the air and bad smells. There were several outbreaks of plague in London throughout the 16th and 17th centuries.
- Category:
- Post-Medieval
- Object ID:
- A4545
- Object name:
- pot, fuming pot
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- Production date:
- Post-Medieval; 1566-1665
- Material:
- ceramic, earthenware
- Measurements/duration:
- H 150 mm, DM (incl handles) 160 mm
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- Record quality:
- 100%
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- Copyright holder:
- digital image © London Museum
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