"Wrought Iron Table Stove"
Small stove composed of a central hearth with a pierced bottom, a slightly hollow plate in below to collect the ashes resting on three feet forged in rounded and surmounted by three decorative shells; this set is attached to a wooden handle (walnut) by a shaped tie heart. the stove on the whole is in good condition but there are some cuts in the openwork hooping. This stove could be used to keep the heat on the desk in order to heat the sealing wax for couriers.France, XVII - XVIIIth centuries.
The catalog page is taken from the catalog of the Decorative Ironwork Museum Le Secq des Tournelles in Rouen which has a collection of these objects.
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