Antique GLORIA LIGHT CO Camper Stove, 2 burner, early 1900\'s
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Antique GLORIA LIGHT CO Camper Stove, 2 burner, early 1900\'s:
$250.00
Purchased from an antique sale house owner\'s estate sale. This is an original camper stove mfg. by the Gloria Light Company in Chicago. This originally used kerosene. It is in very good condition for it\'s age around the early 1900\'s. It is model 1920 and is imprinted on the stove. The gauge is broken but otherwise in very good shape. Some of the little ceramic disks on the burners may be missing but if you have access to a 3D printer you could replicate them. I don\'t know if this could still be used there are some online threads where people say they have used them and they work. This one may need a little work. The original company design on the front is a little faded but in great shape. Below is some information I found on the stove. Please note that this is not the description of my stove but mine looks like the one mentioned below and has the same parts. Please note that the gauge on mine is broken and I don\'t know if it still would work. \"During the 1920\'s the company promoted OXO Gas as a fuel. OXO Gas, as described in the company\'s ads, appears to have been vaporized kerosene. So, this stove was designed to operate with kerosene. I didn\'t know that and fueled it with Coleman fuel as it looked to me very much like a white gas burner. It works as well on Coleman fuel as kerosene in my testing. The first American dual-fuel stove?I was unable to find references to the company after 1932, so I suspect that the company did not survive the Great Depression. If we allow that this stove could be from 1922, then it\'s 88 years old. I suspect that this stove may be rather rare The little disks on the burners are made of a ceramic material and are quite fragile. The company mentions in their ads the use of \"lava\" and I suspect these disks are what they are referring to. The generator has no cleaning needle in it. The generator is preheated by a separate burner arrangement surrounded by a fibrous material. I do not know what the fibrous material is. I have been choosing to wet the fibrous material with spirit to preheat the generator for operation and that has been working quite well.There is a small plate atop the manifold. When removed, it allows more air to flow into the mix. I have found that removing the plate after the stove has been started improves the quality of the burn. Perhaps this is an early mix adjustment similar in function to Colemans little start-up lever?The tank is of steel and looks to have been constructed with rivets and then sealed with solder. The tire valve on the stove may or may not be original to the stove and is soldered in place. The brass fuel filler and air valve has a steel check ball in it\'s base and resembles and functions like the similar filler/air valve on early Coleman products.The stove weighs 15 1/2 pounds dry. Most of the weight is in the cast iron burners, grates and manifold. It\'s a bit top-heavy.There is no way to use the burners separately, nor is there any adjustment available in the flame size. When it\'s on, it\'s on; when it\'s off, it\'s off.There is a rod threaded into the base of the manifold. The threaded part of this rod is only long enough to thread into the manifold and it does not extend into the manifold. I suspect it may be the way to drain the manifold should one flood it with fuel and that that is it\'s purpose.Sadly, the control knob fell apart in my hand when touched! I\'ve got it glued up at the moment and will shoot a picture of it later and add it to this thread. It does not appear in any of these photos as it was under repair.The pressure gauge works just fine and is \"red-lined\" at what I take to be 15psi.\"
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Antique GLORIA LIGHT CO Camper Stove, 2 burner, early 1900\'s:
$250.00