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Monitor wickless oil stove in box

Accession Number

822.2010.1(a-k)

Object Name

Monitor wickless oil stove in box

Created

02/02/2010

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

02/02/2010

Brief Description

Brand new brass 'Monitor' wickless oil stove and associated parts in original unopened cardboard box. Brass camping stove with six associated parts. Base with three hinged feet, pump and screwtop for refuelling and screwtop for burner. Three cylindrical holes for removable pot rest. Spanner. Burner and rest. Metal strip with pin on end. Instructions for use.

Materials

brass, metal, plastic

Dimensions

17(diameter of base) x 15(height of base) cms

Number Of Objects

11

Inscription Description

On stove "MONITOR BRITISH MADE" and on side "THE SEAL OF SAFETY & EFFICIENCY BRITISH MADE MONITOR TESTED AND GUARANTEED" On other side " PARAFFIN ONLY MADE IN ENGLAND"
On box a picture of two stoves and "MONITOR WICKLESS OIL STOVES"

Colour

Gold

Maker

Monitor

Object Production Place

England

Provenance

Based in Stechford, Birmingham. England, Monitor were a prolific manufacturer of stoves & blowlamps. Their range included standard roarer & silent paraffin models as well as the smaller third pint "picnic' stove. A small petrol model, the Monitor "Minor" was also made in the 1930's similar in style to a Primus 71 with an ornate windshield/container. The origins of the company are so far unclear but they were owned from an early stage by W.Parkinson & Co.
Mick Tighe bought this one from e-bay for 30pounds in 2010. It seems to be a 1956 version and possibly ex M.O.D stock.
The name Monitor for the stoves is allegedly derived from the fact that the first ones were used on the monitor ships of the British Royal Navy - according to the 1938 'Gampedia' catalogue from Bukta.
Parkinson itself was later incorporated into Parkinson Cowan Ltd, manufacturers of gas meters, central heating systems & domestic cookers At what stage Monitor was wound up as a stove manufacturer I don't know. Parkinson Cowan later became part of the British corporate giant Thorn EMI before being sold to Swedish company Electrolux in 1987.

Acquisition Method

Bought by Mick Tighe in 2010 for 30pounds

Acquisition Date

02/02/2010

Condition

Unused

Condition Check Date

02/02/2010

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

02/02/2010

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