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Plumbob stove

Accession Number

1077.2013.1(a-b)

Object Name

Plumbob stove

Created

25/04/2013

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

25/04/2013

Brief Description

Brass camping stove with pot rest attached to the legs in original cardboard box.

Materials

brass

Dimensions

22(h) x diameter 21 cms Box 21(l) x 21.5 (w) x 23(h) cms

Number Of Objects

2

Inscription Description

On stove "PLUMBOB BRAND" On box "PLUMBOB PARAFFIN STOVE WITH SILENT BURNER ALL BRASS MADE IN ENGLAND" Picture of a Parasene stove.

Colour

gold

Maker

Berlyn & Co.

Object Production Place

England

Provenance

Bit of a curio this fella having a somewhat complicated heritage.Plumbob were (don't think they still are in 2013)a wholesale retailer of hardware back in the 1960's and it seems they got a Birmingham company called M H Berlyn & Co. to make these stoves for them. Berlyn were already in the paraffin stove market with their own brand which they called Parasene. Parasene stoves seem to be almost exact copies of the Swedish Primus which makes one wonder about copyright laws!
Anyway, Berlyn & Co. seem to have made these stoves for Plumbob as a one off, and either they, or Plumbob stencilled and stuck the logo on. A nice little clue to all this is a close look at the picture on the box which depicts a Parasene stove, not a Plumbob.
Realising it was a bit of a curio, Mick Tighe bought this particular stove on e-bay for a few pounds in 2013.
Oops! forgot to mention that this type of stove with fixed legs was more a household version than the collapsibile, camping version where legs could be removed and put in a carrying tin with all the other bits.

Acquisition Method

Donated by Mick Tighe

Acquisition Date

25/04/2013

Condition Check Date

25/04/2013

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

25/04/2013

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