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Radius No 21 Paraffin Stove

Accession Number

1403.2017.1

Object Name

Radius No 21 Paraffin Stove

Created

13/07/2017

Creator

Hermione Coooper

Accession Date

13/07/2017

Brief Description

Radius No 21 Paraffin Stove in metal box with carrying handle

Materials

metal

Dimensions

Box - 17(L) x 13(W) x 9(H) cms

Number Of Objects

8

Inscription Description

On stove "RADIUS NO 21 MADE IN SWEDEN RADIUS TRADE MARK"

Colour

gold

Maker

Radius

Object Production Place

Sweden

Provenance

Radius was a Swedish company that seems to have begun life around 1913, just a few years behind its better known rival, Primus. So prolific was the Primus stove that the name became generic and over 100 years later paraffin stoves of all makes and models are often referred to as 'Primus Stoves'
Radius did make some headway in the paraffin stove market though, and their stoves have become rather collectable.
There's an excellent website called Classic Camp Stoves if you want to know more about such things.
Meanwhile, we have a fairly early - circa 1930 - Radius No. 21 stove here in the collection. A lot of the early paraffin stoves were fairly large affairs created for the domestic market before the days of gas and electricity. Small, portable versions for camping and the outdoors appeared in the 1920/30's to an ever growing market and the Radius No 21 was one of them.
This one came as part of a job lot bought on e-bay for a few pounds in 2015. Not sure if the tin is original as it seems to have been repainted.

Acquisition Method

Donated by Mick Tighe

Acquisition Date

13/07/2017

Condition Check Date

13/07/2017

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

13/07/2017

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