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Antique Questions Forum / Re: cast iron stove help?

« on: December 19, 2012, 04:12:33 am »

I'm not sure how this comment was intended (sincere or sarcastic)

It's obvious how you first interpreted it.

It took you 5 days and 8 hours to find the name, ..... so was I supposed to say that it was "an unlucky find"?

With that attitude you need to find a new hobby, ..... "metal-detecting" ain't gonna work for you.

Thanks for the comment and advice. 

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: cast iron stove help?

« on: December 18, 2012, 03:18:24 pm »

A lucky find, in my opinion.

And I say that because, after Ben Franklin invented the first cast iron heating stove in 1742, there were literally dozens n’ dozens of cast iron foundries producing both cooking and heating stoves up thru the early part of the 20th century, …… like 200 years of producing them. 

I'm not sure how this comment was intended (sincere or sarcastic) but regardless, I look forward to returning to the site and seeing what else I can recover.  Another stove foot would be excellent!   

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: cast iron stove help? (update)

« on: December 17, 2012, 04:38:48 pm »

The stove foot in question belongs to a stove by the E.C. Simmons Wilson Company of St. Louis, Missouri, circa 1890s.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: cast iron stove help?

« on: December 12, 2012, 08:20:45 pm »

Thanks for giving it a shot.  It's as good as anything I've came up with so far.  I was able to located a set of four legs on ebay very similar in design and with the same seal but with no reference to manufacture.

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Antique Questions Forum / cast iron stove help?

« on: December 12, 2012, 03:43:44 pm »

Hello,
I came across this cast iron stove foot(?) while metal detecting an old home site in southcentral Indiana.  Can anyone identify the maker of the stove?  Any information would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Cal