18th Century Material Culture

Stoves, Grates, & Braziers

Trade Cards
“Jonathan Haskins, Armourer and Smith, in the Old Bailey, London”
18th Century
(Lewis Walpole Library)
“Jonathan Haskins, Armourer and Smith, in the Old Bailey, London”
18th Century
(Lewis Walpole Library)
“Jonathan Haskins, Armourer and Smith, in the Old Bailey, London”
18th Century
(Lewis Walpole Library)
Ovens
Portable Bread Oven
17th Century
(Museum of London)
Enameled
Stoves
 Swiss Faience Tin Enameled Earthenware Stove
The Pottery of David II Pfau (1644–1702), Possibly Assisted by Hans Heinrich III Pfau c. 1684 - 1685
(Winterthur)
German Tin Enameled Earthenware Stove
by Johann August Nahl c. 1762
(Winterthur)
German Tin Enameled Earthenware Stove from Stockelsdorf
1773
(Winterthur)
Franklin Stoves
 Benjamin Franklin's Pennsylvania Stove
Published in “An Account of the New Invented Pennsylvanian Fire-Places” Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1744
(Public Domain)
American “Pennsylvania Fire-Place ” or “Franklin” Stove from Chester County, Pennsylvania
Warwick Furnace - or - Coventry Ironworks c. 1742 - 1748
(Buck’s County Historical Society, Doylestown, Pennsylvania)
American “Pennsylvania Fire-Place ” or “Franklin” Stove from Buck’s County, Pennsylvania
Durham Furnace, Mr. Richard Backhouse (Maker) c. 1779 - 1793
(Winterthur)
American Cast Iron Front Stove Plate from Lebanon, Pennsylvania
by Curtis Grubb c. 1754 - 1788
(Winterthur)
American Cast Iron Front Stove Plate from Morris County, New Jersey
1782
(Winterthur)
 Stoves
Stove Plates
 German Stove Plate
1743
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
American Cast Iron Stove Plate from Pennsylvania
1742
(Winterthur)
American Cast Iron Stove Plate Depicting the Temptation of Joseph from Pennsylvania
1749
(American Primitive Gallery, New York)
American Cast Iron Stove from Pennsylvania
1749
(Private Collection)
American Cast Iron Stove Plate from Pennsylvania
1749
(Private Collection)
 American Cast Iron Stove Plate from York County, Pennsylvania
“GEORGE STEVENSON / GEORGE ROSS” 18th Century
(Estate of Dr. William & Lois P. Harris, South Boston, Virginia)
American Cast Iron Stove Plate from Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Mid 18th Century
(Olde Hope Antiques, Ltd.)
American Cast Iron Stove Plate Fragment from Pennsylvania
c. 1750 - 1760
(Winterthur)
 American Cast Iron Stove Plate from Pennsylvania
By the Warwick Furnace of Chester Co, John Potts Ironmaster 1751
(State Museum of Pennsylvania)
American Cast Iron Stove from Pennsylvania
c. 1753 / 1763
(State Museum of Pennsylvania)
American Cast Iron Stove Plate
1756
(Private Collection)
American Cast Iron Stove from Chester County, Pennsylvania
by Samuel Flower 1756
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
American Cast Iron Stove from Pennsylvania
1760
(American Primitive Gallery)
American Cast Iron Stove from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Marked “GOTES BRYN LEIN HAT WASER DE FILE.”
Marked “M.C. FORENS IN. LANCD. CT” for the Martic Furnace 1761
(Conestoga Auctions)
American Cast Iron Stove Plate from Berks County, Pennsylvania
by John Patten c. 1762 - 1764
(Winterthur)
Stove Plate Recovered at Fort Ticonderoga, Ticonderoga, New York
Mid 18th Century
(Fort Ticonderoga)
American Cast Iron Six Plate Stove from Pennsylvania Marked “Depart the Evil”
By the Warwick Furnace of Chester Co,. John Potts Ironmaster 1764
(Private Collection)
American Cast Iron Six Plate Stove from Pennsylvania Marked “Depart the Evil”
By the Warwick Furnace of Chester Co,. John Potts Ironmaster 1764
(Private Collection)
American Cast Iron Six Plate Stove from Pennsylvania Marked “Depart the Evil”
By the Warwick Furnace of Chester Co,. John Potts Ironmaster 1764
(Private Collection)
American Cast Iron Six Plate Stove from Pennsylvania Marked “Depart the Evil”
By the Warwick Furnace of Chester Co,. John Potts Ironmaster 1764
(Private Collection)
American Cast Iron Stove Plate from Boyertown, Pennsylvania
ColeBrookDale Furnace c, 1765
(State Museum of Pennsylvania)
American Cast Iron Stove Plate from Manheim Township, York, Pennsylvania
Mary Ann Furnace, George Ross (Maker / Owner) 1766
(Winterthur)
American Cast Iron Stove Plate from Frederick, Virginia
Marlboro Furnace, Isaac Zane (Maker) 1768
(Winterthur)
American Cast Iron Stove Plate from New Jersey
Basto Furnace, c. 1760 - 1769
(Chipstone Foundation)
American Cast Iron Stove Plate from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Furnace 1769
(Winterthur)
American Cast Iron Stove from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Furnace 1769
(Private Collection)
American Cast Iron Stove Plate from Berks, Pennsylvania
Hopewell Furnace 1772
(Winterthur)
American Cast Iron Stove from Pennsylvania
By the Hopewell Furnace 1772
(Chipstone Foundation)
American Cast Iron Stove from Pennsylvania
By the Hopewell Furnace 1772
(Chipstone Foundation)
American Cast Iron Stove Plate from Augusta County, Virginia
c. 1775
(Private Collection)
American Cast Iron Stove Plate from Pennsylvania
18th Century
(Private Collection)
American Wood Stove Stand from Pennsylvania
1764
(Winterthur)
 English (London) Cast Iron Stove or Warming Machine Marked “Buzaglo” for Designer Abraham Buzaglo 1770
Ordered by Lord Botetourt, Royal Governor of Virginia to heat the hall of the House of Burgesses at the Capitol in Williamsburg
(Colonial Williamsburg - Commonwealth of Virginia)
Boston Gazette and Country Journal
5 February, 1770
(Massachusetts Historical Society)
 Large
Cooking Stoves
English Stove Engraved from “The New Royal & Universal Dictionary of Arts & Sciences”
by Cooke 1771
(Pastpages.co.uk)
Ship Stoves
 English Cast Iron Ship Stove
Recovered from the Wreck of the General Carleton c. 1785
(Polish National Maritime Museum)
 Fire
Grates / “Baskets”
 Trade Card
18th Century
(Private Collection)
 Dutch Wrought Iron Fire Grate
Late 17th Century
(William Shermerhorn Antiques)
 Dutch Wrought Iron Fire Grate
Late 17th Century
(William Shermerhorn Antiques)
 Dutch Wrought Iron Fire Grate
Late 17th Century
(William Shermerhorn Antiques)
 Dutch Wrought Iron Fire Grate
Late 17th Century
(William Shermerhorn Antiques)
 “ The Thames Frozen Over, near the Tower of London” 
by Samuel Collings c. 1788 - 1789
(The British Museum)
 Detail: Fire Grate with Fireback
 “ The Thames Frozen Over, near the Tower of London” 
by Samuel Collings c. 1788 - 1789
(The British Museum)
English Wrought Iron Fire Grate
18th Century
(Gibilaro Designs)
English Wrought Iron Fire Grate
18th Century
(Gibilaro Designs)
“ELIZABETH CANNING At the House of Mother Wells at Enfield Wash”
by W. Herbert 1753
(Lewis Walpole Library)
“ELIZABETH CANNING At the House of Mother Wells at Enfield Wash”
by W. Herbert 1753
(Lewis Walpole Library)
Small Wrought Iron Fire Grate
Late 18th Century
(Christie’s)
“N-s P-n Esqr Soll-r of the Tr-y in Tribul-n April 15. 1742”
1742
(The British Museum)
Fire Grate with Fireback
c. 1700
(Geffrye Museum)
 “Night”
by Carington Bowles after Richard Houston c. 1766 - 1779
(The British Museum)
Dutch Fireplace Basket / Fire Grate
18th Century
(Private Collection)
 “THE NIGHT CONSTABLE”
by Richard Cooper II, Published by George Moutard Woodward 1785
(The British Museum)
 “THE NIGHT CONSTABLE”
by Richard Cooper II, Published by George Moutard Woodward 1785
(The British Museum)
Miniature English Silver Fire Grate
Probably by David Clayton c. 1735
(Victoria & Albert)
Miniature English Silver Fire Grate
Probably by David Clayton c. 1720
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
English Cast Iron Fire Grate
by Jackson Henry c. 1780
(Victoria & Albert)
English Register Grate
c. 1760
(Gibilaro Designs)
 “Blank the Taylor”
by Johan Fredrik Martin after Elias Martin
(The British Museum)
 Household Implements
by Mathew Darly, George Edwards 1754
(The British Museum)
Earthenware
Braziers
Italian Woman warming her Hands on a Clay Brazier
byMaestro della Tela Jeans  -  Late 17th century
(Private Collection)
 Clay Braziers
The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert 1763
(University of Michigan)
 Les Apprêts d’un déjeuner
by Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié
 Iron
Braziers
Iron & Wood Brazier
c. 1750 - 1800
(Winterthur)
 Iron & Wood Brazier
Late 18th Century - Early 19th Century
(Skinner - The Howard Roth Collection - G.S.Theberge Collection)
 Iron & Wood Brazier
18th Century
(Morristown National Historic Park)
Iron & Wood Brazier
c. 1750 - 1800
(Winterthur)
 Iron & Wood Brazier
Late 18th Century - Early 19th Century
(Skinner - The Howard Roth Collection)
 Iron & Wood Brazier
18th Century
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
 Iron & Wood Brazier
Late 18th Century - Early 19th Century
(Wilhelm West)
 Iron & Wood Brazier
Late 18th Century - Early 19th Century
(Wilhelm West)
 Iron & Wood Brazier
Late 18th Century - Early 19th Century
(Wilhelm West)
Iron Brazier Recovered at Fort Montgomery
c. 1777
(Fort Montgomery)
French Iron & Wood Brazier
c. 1725 - 1800
(Winterthur)
Tinned Iron
Braziers
 “The Boy with the Sausage Spit”
by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki 1764
(Public Domain)
“The Sausage Woman, or a SCENE in Covent Garden”
by William Humphrey after Elias Martin 1773
(The British Museum)
 Tinned Iron Braziers
18th - Early 19th Century
(Tom Wnuck Estate)
Brass & Copper
Braziers
 Dutch or English
by William Ward, After Dirk Valkenburg c. 1781
(The British Museum)
English Brass, Copper, & Wood Brazier
c. 1700 - 1725
(Winterthur)
English Brass, Iron, & Wood Brazier
c. 1750 - 1800
(Winterthur)
English Brass, Iron, & Wood Brazier
c. 1750 - 1800
(Winterthur)
European Brass, Copper, & Wood Brazier
c. 1735 - 1765
(Winterthur)
 Copper & Wood Brazier
Late 18th Century - Early 19th Century
(Skinner - The Howard Roth Collection)
Copper has &was Wood Brazier or Chafing Dish
c. 1700 - 1760
(Winterthur)
Copper, Iron, & Wood Brazier Brought to America by the Marquis de Lafayette during the American Revolution
Presented to Light Horse Henry Lee
(Museum of the American Revolution)
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