Antique European Stoves

Interesting site with lots of pictures, but text is in German.

http://www.antik-ofen-galerie.de

franco b wrote:Interesting site with lots of pictures, but text is in German.

http://www.antik-ofen-galerie.de

Google chrome translates it for me to English with the click of a button

thanx for the cool link, lots of beautiful stoves. id love to own all of them

Thanks for the idea. I found you can drop English translation onto the Firefox toolbar from Google.

From the Google page click more --translate--tools and resources, then drag and drop English up to the toolbar. The word English will appear on the toolbar. Just click it to translate into English. I think you could also do the reverse by dragging another language onto the toolbar to translate from English.

Last time I was in Europe I was at an old Abbey which had been transformed into a convention center. They had preserved most of the older buildings which included the monk's quarters. Very sparse indeed but the stoves were fascinating because they were so different. They looked almost like mud brick ovens which were installed in the corners of the larger rooms. I also saw some more ornate ones which were in a castle in the nearby town. Unfortunately, they did not allow picture taking in the castle which was much smaller inside than you might think but had many stories. The dungeon was actually on one of the top floors rather than in the cellar. Looking at these old stoves brings back memories of that trip.

http://www.stovefinders.com/Index.html
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Link used to be good. Having trouble with it tonight. You can retrieved a cashed copy of a web page.

Google Chrome--cool translator. Those stoves are awesome. Works of art.

Dann757 wrote: Works of art.

You're right!
Those who were bashing cast iron on another thread a while back should look at websites like the ones posted above. They would at least appreciate the workmanship involved. I'm amazed how many different styles/designs of cast iron stoves have been made.

Yes, these stoves are beautiful as are their American counterparts from the same era. It's not just looks that set them apart. There is as much hidden art in the way they work as much as there is visible art in how they look.