The domed circular brass lid with repoussé decoration depicting the heraldic emblem of the Netherlands - a lion rampant with a long tongue and flowing mane, holding a curved sword aloft in its right paw, the left paw resting on a shield - in a circle bordered by punched hole decoration, repoussé flower motifs and acorns, within a border bearing the inscription DEN LEEV CLOECK EHDE FAEILYANT VECHT VOOR SYN VANDERS LANT (Who lives bravely the enemy ends up fighting for his fatherland). The pan lid attached to the handle with copper rivets, the pan riveted to an iron ring and handle with turned brass baluster decoration and a brass baluster handle with a knop and loop for hanging.

Warming pans appear in the backgrounds of some paintings in Europe in the 16th century. and were common by the mid 17th century. Gentle and Feild write 'They were not, as is sometimes supposed, left in the bed, but used by a servant just before the master or mistress retired, and were stroked swiftly between the sheets; some dexterity was required to avoid scorching the linen.' (Domestic Metalwork 1640-1820, Antique Collectors Club, 1994, p. 377.)