Toy Stove

Object/Artifact

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Toy Stove

Entry/Object ID

1993.30

Description

Electric toy stove. Iron, bakelite, or rubber. Gray finished iron with black and white patient trim. Top "warming" shelf. Pierced burner area with electric cord. Full width oven door with bakelite handle. Cord with bakelite ends wrapped in cotton and stored in oven. Four bent sheetmetal legs.

Made/Created

Date made

1930 - 1935

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Transcription

"EMPIRE" "METALWARE CORP. / TWO RIVERS, WIS. / VOLTS 110 WATTS 550 CAT. NO B25"

Dimensions

Height

16-5/8 in

Width

10-3/4 in

Depth

6-1/2 in

Provenance

Notes

Donor used this stove as a child in the early 1930s.