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Super Bleuet Camping Stove

Accession Number

1074.2013.1(a-b)

Object Name

Super Bleuet Camping Stove

Created

18/04/2013

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

18/04/2013

Brief Description

Blue square tin with metal clip.Removable camping stove inside.Blue leather carrying handle.

Materials

metal

Dimensions

24(l) x 22(w) x13(h) cms

Number Of Objects

2

Inscription Description

On lid "CAMPING GAZ INTERNATIONAL DE LUXE SUPER BLEUET"
On stove " CAMPING GAZ INTERNATIONAL SUPER BLEUET MADE IN FRANCE REGISTERED PATENT"

Colour

blue, silver

Maker

Bleuet

Provenance

There was a time, back in the 1950's, when just about every household, let alone every mountaineer, would have had a Primus stove. The outdoor folk would use it for their expeditions into the mountains and the indoor folk would have it as a reserve in the event of power cuts which were frequent, and in many Highland glens electricity was still a distant dream.
Fast forward thirty or forty years and the Camping Gaz Bleuet had taken over from the Primus and whilst lacking the aromatic delights of paraffin and methylated spirits, the Bleuet combined cleanliness, simplicity and style albeit with a somewhat higher price for a gas canister than a gallon of paraffin.The old school lamented the roar of the paraffin stove in tent or bothy, but the instant lighting of a gas stove compared to the lengthy, hair singeing start up process of a Primus, meant that Gaz won the day.
Gaz stoves were probably never quite as prolific as their paraffin counterparts and millions of empty, blue, gas cylinders hasn't helped with the litter problem. Like Primus, there are lots of similar gas stoves around some 50 years after they first appeared, but Camping Gaz Stoves remain as icons of the late 1960's.
The version we have here is the 'picnique' version though the stove itself could be taken seperately in a rucksack. Mick Tighe bought this one for a few pounds on e-bay in 2013.

Acquisition Method

Donated by Mick Tighe

Acquisition Date

18/04/2013

Condition Check Date

18/04/2013

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

18/04/2013

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