Sold for:
$11,850
$11,850
Rare Pennsylvania five plate cast iron stove, dated 1749 , the sides decorated with the "Dance of Death" scenes, the front with oval scrolls, 23 1/2" h. , 18 1/4" w., 26" d. A complete similar jamb stove is pictured in Mercer's The Bible in Iron , plate 120, as being owned by the noted author and antiquarian, A. H. Rice of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in 1914. This stove was purchased from his son, Edward Rice in 1973.
Auctioneer:
Pook & Pook
Date:
2013-10-12
