1848 Anthony, Davy, & Co. Troy NY Antique Cast Iron LADY WASHINGTON Parlor Stove

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LOCAL PICK-UP ONLY!  Blakeslee, PA 18610
1848 Anthony, Davy, & Co. Troy, New York
RARE Antique Cast Iron “Lady Washington” Parlor Stove
A wonderful piece of Victorian history! Unrestored museum quality treasure!  This can be proudly displayed - identical to the parlor stove at the Shiloh Museum in Springdale, Arkansas (except this has a top finial)!
As pictured and not attempted to be cleaned or restored in any way.  Please see pictures for final determination of condition and interest in buying.
Overall measurements: 27" W x 18" D x 34" H to top of finial
Approximate weight 70 pounds
For 170 years old (1848 Patent date), the inside of this stove looks to have been rarely if ever burnt and features what appears to be a homemade grate.  This grate may not be original to the stove.
Additional Information from the Shiloh Museum website:
This is a "Lady Washington" parlor stove. The stovetop carries the name of the manufacturer—Anthony, Davy, and Co., Troy, New York—along with a patent date of 1848.
According to Tammis K. Groft of the Albany Institute of Art, "Cast-iron stovemaking reached its highest artistic achievement and technological advancements between 1840 and 1870."
Troy, New York was home to many cast-iron stove manufacturers in the 1800s. As Groft points out, Troy's location on the banks of the Hudson River "afforded easy and inexpensive transportation of raw materials to the foundries and finished stoves to worldwide markets."
Source: Tammis K. Groft, "Cast with Style: Nineteenth-Century Cast-Iron Stoves,"
Gastronomica
, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp 19-24.
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