What a lovely piece. It's just glorious.

The house I grew up in had an oil fired stove that size in the kitchen for auxiliary heat. We had a very large oil burner in the living room, and that was it. Heat for the bedrooms upstairs was provided by a system of vents. That's why Grandma's quilts were so highly regarded!

I'd love to have that in my house now. Wood is a little hard to come by here, but I don't have central heat and a decorative maxillary would be most welcome in the winter.

Thanks for showing us a marvelous piece of history...