Pittson Stove Co. No. 2 Pot Belly Coal Stove

Happy New Year!
I am hoping someone can help me out with some information on. I have a NEW never fired Pittson No. 2 Coal Stove in EXCELLENT condition. Looks like the day it came out of the factory nice shinny black and has the shaker and lid handle. My father got this stove in the Wilkes-Barre area near Pittson, PA. before I was born. Probably in the 40s, but don't know when it was made or where my father got it. It has always been kept in in the house living room as a conversation piece. So always in a climate controlled environment.
I currently have it in my Big Game Trophy room with a pipe to the wall to simulate working order. It is probably one item in the room that people as questions about due to it's rarity.
Is there any way to tell when it was made and what the value of it would be.

Thanks
Len

Welcome to the club Len. Sorry for the lack of responses, but being this is the warmest winter for who knows how long, everyone must be out mowing their lawns. (Or something of the sort). not a lot going on around here these days. Once the frost comes back, maybe it'll liven up.
Congrats on your potbelly. They really have that nostalgic look. I would think if you were to scourer the internals of that stove, you could find a date cast into it. Maybe the bottom of the top plate, or inside the door. Behind the claw feet? If it really is an original, and not a repop. Do you ever plan on heating with it?

JOEQ:
Thanks for the response. I will never use it - this is an original and I want to keep it "NEW" because there is probably not many if any in new unused condition stoves like this. I just spoke with my mom and she recalls that my dad got this from a gentleman who was 80 years old at the time in 1950. This man had it stored in a crate and gave it to my dad.
I looked in the feed door and the ash door and they both have a "10' in it and the top plate has a "08". Don't know if that means 1910, 1908 or not, but I know it is old. The Pittson, PA Stove Factory was in business in the mid1800's and I think there was a fire and burned down in the late 1800's and then they rebuilt the factory, but don't know much more about them. I'll try more research on the internet or if someone could chime in would appreciate it.

Thanks
Len

Welcome to the forum, LenBo. Member Pauliewog was doing research on the Pittston Stove Company. Here is one of the threads he started. There isn't much there, but you can add to the thread and let him know you are interested in the history of the company.


You can also type in 'Pittston Stove' or whatever you desire in the search bar at the 'top right' of every page and get lots of reading material.

Wow! How perfect is that Len. Nice one Don. Juliocapran, (member) owns the building. You can't get any more accurate info than that.

Everyone:
Thanks for your responses on the Pittston stove. sorry misspelled Pittston earlier!

Len

Hi Len, and welcome to the forum.

If you post a few pictures of your stove we may be able to give you an idea of when it was built.

Paulie

Here are some pictures

That's a cute little stove.

That round cover having an 8 on it may just be that was the year that casting was first used in 08 and fits later stoves.

That was not uncommon to find most of the year, and/or, model numbers of a stove match, while some parts of the stove's numbers carry over from earlier years, or other models. Patten making cost money, so they sometimes reused the same patterns.

Really nice looking stove. My first coal stove was about the same size, but much newer build - when they were cheap copies of the earlier stoves, and no where near as ornate as yours.

Paul

Paul
Thanks for the information. This stove is one of my prized possessions handed down from my dad. It is nice to look at and good conversation piece. I always wanted to see it in use, but having a new unused item like this is priceless to me.

Thanks again
Len
Semper Fi

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