Tole Decorated Tin & Brass Oil Cook Stove
Typical of the type used by Civil War officers to heat coffee or soup cylinder form with folding wire handles on back, hinged lower door with vent holes and brass handle, opening to reveal original tin font with brass and tin burner, two half cone side vents 2.5" below lid, removable cup with friction fitted domed lid with brass finial for food/drink, all in original polychrome stenciled floral on black painted ground, 5.5 xx 4.5 x 10" high. Condition paint circa 85%, VG+.
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Typical of the type used by Civil War officers to heat coffee or soup cylinder form with folding wire handles on back, hinged lower door with vent holes and brass handle, opening to reveal original tin font with brass and tin burner, two half cone side vents 2.5" below lid, removable cup with friction fitted domed lid with brass finial for food/drink, all in original polychrome stenciled floral on black painted ground, 5.5 xx 4.5 x 10" high. Condition paint circa 85%, VG+.