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The ‘Butterfly’ stove

This is a stove that does justice to the word fabulous. Cast around 1910 by the famous Nybörg jernstoberi (Foundry) in Jutland Denmark. This stove is a tour de force of the ‘Skerne werke’ offshoot of the ‘Arts and crafts’ … Continue reading
The ‘Rok’ stove

We call this the ‘Rok’ stove after the stylized bird motif that might resemble the mythic giant bird. This is a truly striking, large stove – having an architectural as well as decorative quality. Standing at over two metres (with … Continue reading
Antique Llange short square stove

A really pretty medium sized stove cast in the early part of the 20th century by the L.Lange foundry, this stove has restrained decoration, with lovely floral motifs rendered in the ‘Skerne werke’ style which was the Danish equivalent of … Continue reading
Rasmussen short ‘Flat Hat’ stove

This stove made by the Rasmussen foundry [Odense] in 1918, is the ‘short’ version of an ‘Austerity’ model, utilitarian in its concept it presents gorgeously simple lines executed with a wonderfully Scandinavian sense of proportion. It has three doors- two … Continue reading
