Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1999.011.015abcdefghijk |
Object Name |
Stove, Coal Heating |
Title |
Spragge Family's Coal Stove |
Lexicon category |
2: Building Furnishings |
Date |
19th-century |
Year Range from |
1863 |
Year Range to |
1878 |
Made |
S. W. Gibbs foundry? |
Place of Origin |
New York, United States of America |
Description |
EMPIRE FRANKLIN NO. 1 stove (originally was a coal-burning parlour stove). A. STOVE has three casted legs. The step is cast with the lettering "EMPIRE FRANKLIN NO. 1". There is a circular vent (with three triangular areas) present above a row of "bull's eyes" decoration. There are some fenestrations that look like a row of "x" marks. There is a triple vertical oval window area with a twined-like handle above the central oval. The sides of the stove have lyre-like shaping. There is an ornate casting at the top. B. STOVE LID The underside is emboss cast with "F8 910". The top side has an oval rest, and a latch area for the lifter. C.-D. HUMIDIFIER AND ITS LID - These two pieces form a trophy-like cast iron humidifier and lid. It has a scalloped, "droopy " edge. It is fenestrated so that the water vapour will escape easily. The lid has a lift knob.There is no lettering on these pieces. E. STOVE LID LIFTER - This lifter has S. W. GIBBS emboss cast on the underside of the handle. There is a square eye. F, G, H - feet I, J, K - three removable pieces |
Makers mark |
Cast on step: "EMPIRE FRANKLIN NO. 1" Stove lid's underside cast with "F8 910" Stove lifter has "S.W. GIBBS" cast |
Provenance |
Wayne Landen purchased this stove from Miss Spragge of 3rd Ave. East, Owen Sound in the 1970s. The Spragge family home was at 1159 3rd Ave. East, where this stove was last used (in a hallway area). The 1159 address was formerly 105 Bay St., prior to 1909. The Misses Spragge (Doris & Marjorie) were daughters of J. George Spragge and May Barnhart Spragge of Owen Sound, Grey County. Doris Spragge died on May 3, 1967, and Marjorie Spragge died on Oct. 14, 1977. Their father was a son of John Crooke Spragge. The Spragges had moved to Owen Sound in the 1850s from Toronto. They were a prominent family in the town, and John Crooke Spragge had served as County Auditor. |
Collection |
Heating Equipment Collection |
Material |
Iron |
Dimensions |
H-24 W-25.591 D-20.079 inches |
Found |
Clavering, Township of Georgian Bluffs, Grey County |
People |
Spragge Spragge, Marjorie Spragge, May Spragge, George Spragge, J. C. |
Subjects |
Heat Stoves |
Search Terms |
Bay Street (Owen Sound) |
Function |
A decorative coal-burning heating stove, suitable for household use |