Washington Stove Co

joeq · Post by **joeq** » Sun. Dec. 14, 2014 5:08 pm

Ebay has a listing for a wood/coal stove, (page 3 of antique coal stoves), listed for $495. If I knew how to post the link, I would. But I don't.
It claims to be a Gothic late 1800s Washington stove co., wood coal burner and visually looks to be in great shape. it's literally just a few miles down the road from me. Does anyone know of the history, or performance of this stove? Claims to be very rare.

grumpy · Post by **grumpy** » Sun. Dec. 14, 2014 5:42 pm

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-ANTIQUE-GOTHIC-VICTO ... 51c83a8178

Post by **franco b** » Sun. Dec. 14, 2014 5:47 pm

It's a wood stove as far as I can see.

joeq · Post by **joeq** » Sun. Dec. 14, 2014 6:18 pm

thanx for posting franco. that makes sense. I don't see any means of adjusting airflow through the bottom, or coal bed.

Smokeyja · Post by **Smokeyja** » Sun. Dec. 14, 2014 7:31 pm

It looks to be what they call a parlor stove . Maybe a short term use stove for when spending time in a particular room. Although the circular part inside right above the firepot is interesting . Based off that it doesn't look like you would fit much wood in it . I don't believe these stoves were meant to run all day and night . Only when needed to take the chill off . I'm no stove expert but I thought I would mention .

I have a parlor stove a bit smaller than that from France and from what I see of them, wood burning stoves are loaded from the side when made in this design .

Photog200 · Post by **Photog200** » Sun. Dec. 14, 2014 9:37 pm

It looks like the top section is an oven, you can see the rail for a rack to go into. Looks like the lower part is the fire box but as already mentioned, can't really tell if it is for wood or coal without seeing the grates. The air intakes look to be on the right hand side bottom so could be coal, depending on the type of grates. ( I do not see any shaker mechanism though)

Randy

joeq · Post by **joeq** » Sun. Dec. 14, 2014 10:12 pm

I just realized there're more than the 6 pictures below it. scrolling to the right reveals 6 more, (12 total) photos. 1 of them shows a round cover for the firebox, and what appears to be a pullout ash pan cover on the bottom? Could this also be a way of controlling air through the coal bed? also, I would think the bottom section would have a hinged door, but is not shown opened.

Smokeyja · Post by **Smokeyja** » Sun. Dec. 14, 2014 11:16 pm

Upon closer look I will say this is a wood parlor stove . If you look at one of the photos there is a side door on the right side . You can see the handle and hinges . The upper section does look like an oven as Photog200 stated . Logs would be loaded through the side . Very cool stove ! It doesn't look like it could have ever been used for coal .

wsherrick · Post by **wsherrick** » Mon. Dec. 15, 2014 2:20 am

That is a wood stove.
This type of stove is called a, "Cottage Heater." This one can heat a couple rooms.
The main thing about this stove is that it is very old. I would date it from the 1840's.
This venerable heater deserves to held in awe somewhat, as it survived this long.