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Turm 144 Spirit Stove

Accession Number

1259.2015.1

Object Name

Turm 144 Spirit Stove

Created

29/07/2015

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

29/07/2015

Brief Description

Three legged spirit stove

Dimensions

30(l) x 16(w) x 18(h) cms

Number Of Objects

1

Inscription Description

"TURM 144"

Colour

black, blue

Maker

Turm

Object Production Place

Germany

Provenance

Turms seems to be a trade name for the Spirit Stove branch of the German company, Meyer & Niss which began life in 1910 and ceased trading in the late 1960's. It seems that they produced lots of things ' metallic' including equipment for the German Army during the Second World War for which slave labour was used in the form of Jews, Gypsies and anyone else the Nazis deemed socially unacceptable.
Anyway, our stove seems to date from the 1950/60's and whilst often referred to as a 'spirit' stove this type of stove is also known as an 'alcohol' stove though we haven't tried it on Malt whisky! Wood alcohol and something called denatured alcohol seem to be popular fuels while methylated spirit is the most readily available and works well.
Mick Tighe bought this one on the internet for £8.00 in 2015.

Acquisition Method

Donated by Mick Tighe

Acquisition Date

29/07/2015

Condition Check Date

29/07/2015

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

29/07/2015

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