Ive been looking for 1870s-90s ranges for the home since I still have the thimble in the kitchen flue and my franklin doesnt heat the kitchen haha!
I came upon this really interesting range locally and I was wondering if anyone has seen one of these before?i have found exactly zero information on it and im usually pretty good at digging things up online. I will admit that im not sure what a wood vs a coal grate looks like in a range set up. The whole 1492 New World with Christopher Columbus is an interesting motif as well.
Walker and Pratt range
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Very pretty stove.
Don't know much about Walker and Pratt other than it seems they were in Boston.
As to the grates. I suspect it's a wood stove because in a coal stove there would be a cast iron block-off plate just inside that front loading door. Coal needs a deep fire bed to burn well and ranges don't have a lot of depth to do that. Because of that need for as much depth as possible you have to load the coal through the top plates or a secondary damper/loading door high up on the left end.
Without a fixed plate inside the loading door to hold back the firebed, it would be very dangerous to load coal up against that front door.
Cleaned-out firebox and clear pix inside it would tell for sure.
Paul
Don't know much about Walker and Pratt other than it seems they were in Boston.
As to the grates. I suspect it's a wood stove because in a coal stove there would be a cast iron block-off plate just inside that front loading door. Coal needs a deep fire bed to burn well and ranges don't have a lot of depth to do that. Because of that need for as much depth as possible you have to load the coal through the top plates or a secondary damper/loading door high up on the left end.
Without a fixed plate inside the loading door to hold back the firebed, it would be very dangerous to load coal up against that front door.
Cleaned-out firebox and clear pix inside it would tell for sure.
Paul
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Outstanding C!!!!! Nice hearth set up. I think Paul's right on it being for wood. Be good for some quick heat, PLUS cookin!!!
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Walker and Pratt was before the name changed to Crawford, I think.
Missing kick pedal to open oven door, also the shelf below oven door. Looks like a pigeon chit weld above the little shaker door.They came with options of no shelf in the back or a low shelf or the most preferd high fancy shelf seen on most ranges. Size looks like 818. 8 inch circle cook plates with 18 inch oven.
Sunnyboy is correct, missing the block off plate in front for coal. Some had fire brick there or a Storm grate looking part. Might be set up for wood.
Been for sale for awhile now.
Missing kick pedal to open oven door, also the shelf below oven door. Looks like a pigeon chit weld above the little shaker door.They came with options of no shelf in the back or a low shelf or the most preferd high fancy shelf seen on most ranges. Size looks like 818. 8 inch circle cook plates with 18 inch oven.
Sunnyboy is correct, missing the block off plate in front for coal. Some had fire brick there or a Storm grate looking part. Might be set up for wood.
Been for sale for awhile now.