Stove

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Stove

Entry/Object ID

SS.62.608

Description

Stove, parlor: wood-burning; rectangular hipped top plate projects beyond body, and has small boiling-hole covered by lid and surmounted by unattached false vase; vase, cast in two halves and joined with tie-rods, is ornamental only; body of stove, with suggestion of cornice at top, is rectangular, with three round-arched niches each side, one at each end; decorated with relief designs, including anthemia, scrolls, egg-and-dart, etc., with vase of flowers each niche, lozenges between arches, composite flower arising from spandrel of each arch; hinged fire door, right end; smoke outlet in back plate; projecting, lobed, hearth-plate, with raised circular draft control, removable plate for ash disposal; four cabriole legs; interior unlined, with depressed ash pit; marked on top plate: "J.C.POTTS / ALBANY / PATENTED/1847/No. l." Marked "1" on various interior areas.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

J. C. Potts

Attribution

Maker

Date made

circa 1847

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

SP 1274

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

37 in

Width

24-1/2 in

Depth

20 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 37 x 24 1/2 x 20 in. (94 x 62.2 x 50.8 cm)

Dimension Description

W'out Vase

Height

24-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 24 1/2 in. (62.2 cm)

Material

Cast iron

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Sunnyside, Nieces' Bedroom