What is this miniature stove and where can I buy it?
June 23, 2016 9:14 AM
How can I identify the make/model and buy a duplicate of this miniature metal stove? It's at least 50 years old and has no brand markings.
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Exact dimensions unknown but small enough to hold in one hand. The individual items (pans,bucket) are not attached and can be moved.
I haven't been able to find this exact one but "salesman sample stove " turns up a lot.
ebay has a ton of them
posted by ELind at 9:22 AM on June 23, 2016
ebay has a ton of them
posted by ELind at 9:22 AM on June 23, 2016
My hunch is that it's a toy rather than a salesman's sample. You can find out a bit more about the subject here. There is a reference book here that may help you narrow down the model.
posted by Think_Long at 9:48 AM on June 23, 2016
posted by Think_Long at 9:48 AM on June 23, 2016
What ELind said. I have five of them, they are very common and show up in antique stores all the time.
posted by Melismata at 10:00 AM on June 23, 2016
posted by Melismata at 10:00 AM on June 23, 2016
The ones on e-Bay in the link are way over priced, and since they are cast iron the shipping will cost a fortune. Try to find a local supplier, maybe through your local dollhouse miniature group.
A good little cast iron stove like that should have the stove lids and a stove-lifter to lift the lids with as well as two or three pots or frying pans and maybe even a coal scuttle. You can find them in turn-of-the-century catalogues like the Sears Roebuck catalogue in the children's toy section along with bisque dolls and working model steam engines.
They are not all antiques - they were making them as late as the 1970s for the Gingham and Holly Hobby toy market.
posted by Jane the Brown at 11:29 AM on June 23, 2016
A good little cast iron stove like that should have the stove lids and a stove-lifter to lift the lids with as well as two or three pots or frying pans and maybe even a coal scuttle. You can find them in turn-of-the-century catalogues like the Sears Roebuck catalogue in the children's toy section along with bisque dolls and working model steam engines.
They are not all antiques - they were making them as late as the 1970s for the Gingham and Holly Hobby toy market.
posted by Jane the Brown at 11:29 AM on June 23, 2016
My grandmother had one of these! Are you OK with a new one? Lehman's sells them.
posted by marmago at 6:14 PM on June 23, 2016
posted by marmago at 6:14 PM on June 23, 2016
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