Warren and fuller co splendid oak 91 any info please

I’ve recently bought a fuller and worn splendid oak 91 I knew nothing about it besides for it’s made in Troy New York I was curious as to what the 91 stood for if anyone knows what year it’s made maybe it’s 1891 I don’t know if anyone knows anything about value I hear it could possibly be rare I’m not sure I have pictures it’s beautiful I started restoring it myself I’m unsure how to go about painting I know how to spray I also know how do you spray paint I know I would want to use
Obviously a high temp not sure if people go with gloss or flat black it needs new Mika the glass and it is broken all the parts are there beautiful if anyone knows anything please help me out and thank you oh and in the pictures I’ve uploaded you’ll see I polished the top piece and it was a doll I didn’t know what it was what kind of metal it was I thought it was all brass turns out it so I guess nickel plated chrome on the bottom part then steel plate or copper plated steel in the middle and then brass on top turned out beautiful I think personally hope I didn’t booger it up by doing that I know semantics you’re not supposed to mess with the way I’ve been seeing though it looks like people do like their stoves shined up and looking nice going to be looking to sell so any information anyway you could help meWith any advice would be greatly appreciated

Outstanding find B--be patient--lots of info. here!!

Welcome, B.

Fuller and Warren were one of the top stove makers in their day, so you've got a good quality "Oak" style stove.

Oaks were generally meant to burn both wood, and coal,... if they have a coal type grate. If you would post pix of the grate we can let you know what type it is.

Some stove makers included a "wood grate" with their Oak stove models that are set up for coal. It a plate that sits on top of the grates with smaller air feed holes to better support wood embers than most coal grates can. You just lift the plate out when switching to coal for longer burn times in colder weather.

A lot of Oak stove makers used the diameter of the firepot in the model number. The 91 is obviously not that, so it may be the year that model first went into production. Often, stove makers used the year as part of each part number - cast into the part. Look inside the stove parts and see if the 91 appears as a date that is repeated on each part, along with a different number on each part that would denote the actual part.

Paul

You can buy mica to replace what's in the loading door. Here's the company many of us use. www.ashevillemica.com

You just cut it to size with regular scissors.

And yes, you'll need to use high heat paint, sometimes called BBQ paint. Typically listed to withstand at least 1200F degrees.

Paul

Thank you guys so much and I will get those pics uploaded soon as I can it’s not here so have to go take the pics