Fresh find from Western Virginia Country Estate is this
Rare Antique cast iron stove pipe heat exchanger. Often referred to as a “stove
radiator” these worked on the simple principle of salvaging heat from the stove
pipe and moving it to the room thru convection.
Popular during the turn of the century with parlor stoves its cast Victorian design
matches the ornate details found on these stoves and increased the warmth they
produced.
You find a number of different designs in old catalogs for sale but it is extremely
rare to find even the parts from one much less a complete example.
This survivor was made in Ephrata, Pa between 1898 and 1901 when Sprecher
Brothers Manufacturing appears to have been bought out by another company
From catalogs searches it appears they made 4 different models including this “9
National” model which appeared in a 1899 catalog calling it a “deluxe model”
fitting for the most fancy parlor rooms
As the pictures show this one while a survivor of over a 115 years does show a
few scars with minor scrapes and dings in the tin jacket covering that you
would expect to see. It even sports a
hole where it looks like something feel or dropped on it puncturing the tin.
The Cast iron top and bottom show traces of the original factory finish as you
can see in the pictures
Wonderful piece of history and one of our favorite finds
measures 33" tall, 13" x 13" wide with a 5 1/2" ID and a 6" OD
Because of the size of this piece it ships in a wooden crate and the crating
cost is included in the selling price
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