#177

American Salesman's Sample Stove "Home Comfort"
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$9,000
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The coal-burning metal stove with white porcelain enamel finish has sleek modern style of the 1940's, chrome finish stove top with three burners, one T-bar construction, and enamel-finished reservoir lid that opens to water boiler. There is a large oven with pull-out rack and temperature control on door, side oven below the water reservoir, and fuel door that opens to silver-finished cast iron coal bin, ash drawer, shaker, damper. The stove is embellished with sleek chrome drying rack and handles, and is contained in its original salesman¶s carrying case. The Wrought Iron Range Co. used actual miniature models of their stoves from 1910 onward. This was the last of their models to be made. American, circa 1940, Wrought Iron Range Company, St. Louis. 14"H. (excluding display base). 14"W. 8"D.