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’ movement.

The feet and base are decorated in archaic Norse style geometric decoration. Rising up, we come to the first section, which is a truly wonderful pierced work; the fire door in the form of a butterfly with wings that shimmer as the light of the fire illuminates them from inside. This feature is bracketed by dragonflies and framed by the tails of snakes that rise up to the next level – the feeder door. Which giving the makers marque is sensationally wound about by the serpent’s heads, within whose jaws are captured an unfortunate frog!

Above the makers mark is one of the signatures that make these Scandinavian stoves so charming as well as practical; behind two doors (embellished with a rich design of yet more vipers – these showing the diamond motif that locates them as adders from northern Europe) lies the ‘Kaffe offen,’ an oven with removable concentric rings to place a coffee pot on to heat or just keep warm.

The final section or ‘neck’ is of handsome proportion rising to the literal ‘Crown’– a beautiful pierced work creation which finishes this stove off at close to 2m high.

Restored to the highest standard of finish, the stove has new grate sets front and bottom plus a brand-new flue spigot chimney connection. This makes the stove ready for further decades of use with a fuel efficiency around 80% this really handsome creation gives between 5kw and 10kw, enough to heat a space with architecture large enough to show it off in its full glory.

Butterfly’ Tall crown

£5,500

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 its humidifier cap on) the beautifully decorated panels and richly crafted handles etc make it a great example of the Arts and crafts movements that swept Europe before WW1.

The motifs in the panels are stylized figures of mythical beasts – very much in the Norse tradition – but with their own ‘Nouveau’ quality – they are framed by ‘architectural ‘columns which give the whole a very strong and imposing quality.

There are the three doors of a normal woodburner – Ash compartment- firebox and front loading. But on top of this is a large ‘Ofen’ section with twin doors that open to afford access to concentric rings allowing use as a hotplate to boil a kettle – but above that is a further ‘warming’ oven for keeping your kaffe pot in.

This is a rare and impressive stove of the finest quality giving an output of up to approx. 10 kW.

Rok Stove

£4,800

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 ‘Arts and Crafts’ in this country.

The stove comes with a brand new ‘travelling ‘ bottom grate set -new ashpan and an iron riddling tool to operate the mechanism and lift out the ash-pan.  A simple stove to use it has a front loading door as well as a removeable top plate to allow larger logs – perfect for a garden room or studio type space -it will yield around 3-6Kw.

Short Llange 

£1,400

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  with air controls on them : the bottom one affording access to the for ashpan and ‘primary’ air control. The second, pierced with a mica window,  to give a view of the flames when closed, can be opened giving access to the  heat of the front fire behind the front grate direct. This ‘secondary’ air control increases the efficiency of this really useful and efficient stove.  Although this access also allows riddling, this  is generally carried out by activating the riddling ‘arm’ connected to a [brand new]  ‘travelling’  bottom grate mechanism. The top door allows the feeding of small logs throughthe front – without disturbing whatever one has on the go on the top plate.  One of the really charming, and practical, features of this stove is this wide top plate which allows the user to have a kettle boiling in the -removeable -middle of the hot plate and a tea or coffee pot keeping warm on the edge.

Topping the whole stove off is the fabulous round top cover which is replaced to keep the hotplate up to heat when its not in use.

This stove stands at approx 140cm giving an output of 5-10 kW.

‘Flat hat’ Rasmussen 

£1,800

This beautiful antique stove was manufactured by the Godthaab Foundry of Copenhagen in Denmark in around 1905. The extremely detailed floral casting shows the influence of Art Nouveau and the combination of elegance and fine engineering is classic for this period of Scandinavian stove casting.

This antique multifuel stove comes with a riddling grate, ashpan and wrought iron handle. This stove has a Mica window to see the fire’s glow. This antique stove stands at nearly 2m tall.

Short Nouveau ‘Sunflower’ crown stove    [sold]

£3,000

1880 – Godthaab Foundry.

This extraordinarily detailed tall crown antique stove was cast nearly 130 years ago by the Godthaab Foundry in Copenhagen and is in perfect condition.
It is a testament to the quality of the workmanship that went into these stoves that after well over a century of running twenty four hours a day, for at least seven months of the year, it is still in as perfect working order. It has a central oven and hotplate, with a feed door below it for coal or smaller logs,(long logs are fed through the hotplate, the fire door has a grate behind it so that it can be used with it open, and then a bottom door holding the ashpan.

This is a multifuel antique stove with a riddling grate, ashpan and wrought iron handle. Notice the cast face on the door and the delicate filigree casting on the crown. This antique stove stands over 2m tall and will put out 5-10Kw.

Godthaarb ‘Tall crown’ with oven                            [sold]

£4,000

Made in 1905

Around the turn of the 19th century, tall double oven stoves like this one were reserved for the very finest of Danish drawing rooms as they were among the best stoves that money could buy. Anker Heergaard, as the Royal Foundry (hence the crowned ‘F’ for King Frederik on the side), already had the reputation of being the best stove designers, and when you see the wonderfully intricate relief work on this stove you can see why.

This antique stove has a central oven with a hotplate that can be removed for adding longer logs to the fire and also a top coffee pot warming oven as well, for those who like a steady supply of hot coffee..
This stove stands at over 2m tall, and will put out 5-10Kw.

It comes with a riddling grate, ashpan and wrought iron handle.

Anker Heergard ‘Cabinet’ stove                 [Sold]

£5,000