Potbelly Pics/Info...Check It Out

True confessions - I looked at that first post and almost wrote the same thing as Grumpy... then I decided to not post anything and went off to watch a movie... I was convinced it was some kind of Spam or sales pitch. I even checked out Mutlee and saw it was a first post and had joined today... I was convinced it was spam....

Don't get me wrong but hard to believe that stove is 120 years old, looks too good to be true...

dj

hold the presses! is that a freeeking poter belly with a cast magazine in it (pics please inside the top door opening looking slightly upwards!!!)

anyways... great category but better to keep the "Stove Model, Manufacturer Name in title" (unless a mod is going to sticky a catagory called "Post your Pot Belly Stoves" or something like that.)

Its a great post and photo's from a first time poster (he clearly has forum & computer experience)! Its written with some good info, history, stove make, model, year, etc... which almost makes it appear like an ad (so I understand how Grumpy jumped the gun upon first look and 1 post). Clearly all of us (including Grumpy) are very happy to see someone so well written offering our fine forum a wonderful stove post (you just did TO GOOD and it shocked us for a split second )

dcrane wrote:hold the presses! is that a freeeking poter belly with a cast magazine in it (pics please inside the top door opening looking slightly upwards!!!)

anyways... great category but better to keep the "Stove Model, Manufacturer Name in title" (unless a mod is going to sticky a catagory called "Post your Pot Belly Stoves" or something like that.)

Its a great post and photo's from a first time poster (he clearly has forum & computer experience)! Its written with some good info, history, stove make, model, year, etc... which almost makes it appear like an ad (so I understand how Grumpy jumped the gun upon first look and 1 post). Clearly all of us (including Grumpy) are very happy to see someone so well written offering our fine forum a wonderful stove post (you just did TO GOOD and it shocked us for a split second )

You may have a good idea for another category. Something like "cast iron stoves", "antique cast iron stoves", "old cast iron stoves", "non-air tight stoves", etc.. Most of the old stoves were built way before the "Chubby". At the time, the chubby was a modern version of the old stoves. Chubby was one of the last non-air tight stoves I know of, outside of some cheap knock-offs of the original older high quality stoves.

That is definitely a cute critter. I wonder what type of fuel that grate was intended to burn?

Are you going to use it? Or is it just a show piece?

carlherrnstein wrote:That is definitely a cute critter. I wonder what type of fuel that grate was intended to burn?

looks like its sized for nut coal, the grate appears to be a tilting external shake (pretty rare in a small pot belly as is a magazine!), but we would need more info from the poster to know for sure

nice stove one of the best I ever seen..pictures are first class also...hardy welcome to the forum...keep the pictures comin we all luv them...what do u estimate the value at???

Welcome back,Mutlee !!! Thought you had jumped ship,i stayed up late last nite hoping you would be back & with pic's,was very happy to see you repost pic's b4 I went to bed ,have to admit I was ready to jump overboard with you !! Glad it all got worked out,i've been too often guilty of jumping to conclusions too, so good to see this thread expanding with numerous members chiming in.I thought that grate was for wood & bit,but I was only guessing,we love these potbelly,baseburners,..

Welcome to the forum. Thanks for posting the pictures and the History. I wouldn't worry too much about negative comments from anyone on the forum. We can be a little rough around the edges at times but I don't know where you'd find a more well meaning, knowledgeable group of people. Seriously, no matter the question, someone knows a solution that will save you time and money. I'm thankful to be a part of the group.

This stove reminds me of the one I saw in a Ball Ground, GA Antique shop a few years back. DK was glad I didn't have my truck with me that trip or that stove would be sitting in my house right now. That stove was produced by the Atlanta Stove Company which was a major employer in Atlanta before and after the civil war. I have no written history but oral history tells me that these stoves came know as "Cannon" stoves because during the war the foundries were converted to cannon and after went back to making residential heating stoves.

The Atlanta Stove Company continued making residential heating stoves until the Mid 1930s when gas started to replace coal as the main heating source. At that point, they moved the company to Columbus, GA and became known as Char-broil concentrating on cooking appliances and outdoor grills.

Do you burn your stove? The Atlanta Stove had a circular grate that you slide back and forth. You had to stick a shaker handle in a slot above the ash door. It didn't seem to make clearing the ash particularly easy or efficient. I'm thinking it worked well enough as all the Ol' guys would gather around corner by the stove in the General Store without other invitation.

I compare it to our local McDonalds between 7:00 and 9:00 when all the Ol' guys gather to talk about world and local events of the day. DK and I aren't there yet but we are accepted as "outlayers" worthy of a smile and a nod. lol

buffalo bob wrote:nice stove one of the best I ever seen..pictures are first class also...hardy welcome to the forum...keep the pictures comin we all luv them...what do u estimate the value at???

Hey Bob, I intend to keep this pot belly for show, but it can certainly burn nut size coal or 6” wood.
And you’re right dcrane, the grate is a tilting, external handle shaker, no magazine.

Value ?……This stove was patented in 1885 and produced during the latter golden years of pot belly stoves by Duffy-Trowbridge, a premier manufacturer. It is the culmination of pot belly expertise and design up to that point in time. To my knowledge, that design has not been improved upon.

This particular model stove, the Red Jacket no.7 is tight, high quality and pleasing to the eye. It has no cracks, repairs or blemishes and every part is original and period correct.
Quality modern reproduction pot bellys show no real design improvement, but they do offer consumer availability in a new condition in the $400-$800 range.

Given the age, condition and scarcity of this Red Jacket model no. 7 and its genuine historical, cultural and antique provenance I would value it in the area of $1,000. (It’s not for sale.)