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Albion Paraffin Stove

Accession Number

1621.2021.1

Object Name

Albion Paraffin Stove

Created

06/08/2021

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

06/08/2021

Brief Description

Albion Paraffin stove with three fixed legs and fixed pot holder

Materials

brass

Dimensions

21(H) x 21(diameter) cms

Number Of Objects

1

Inscription Description

"FINEST QUALITY ALBION MADE IN ENGLAND" on stuck on label

Colour

gold

Maker

Albion

Object Production Place

England

Provenance

Albion is an old name for England, and understandably perhaps, has been used as a brand name for various products in days gone by; cars, lorries, motorbikes, football clubs, agricultural machinery and in this case, a paraffin stove.
There were a multitude of paraffin stove manufactureres in the early 1900’s, all trying to re-create versions of the Primus, the first of its kind, which had been patented in Sweden in the 1890’s.
The Albion Lamp Company seems to have begun life in the 1880’s, later to merge with another Birmingham based company, Rippingilles. Mainly based in the manufacturing heartland of Birmingham, the companies often stamped their stoves with a brand name; Chalwyn, Monitor, Parasene, S.H&S( Samuel Heath & Son) to name a few.
Other companies would buy component parts, assemble them and ‘badge’ them with a company logo.
We are fairly sure that’s what Albion have done here since there is no ‘stamp’ on the tank, the burner seems to be from another company called Townsend & Coxon and curiously the box shows another brand of stove called Parasene.
A fine little piece of Old England if ever there was!

Acquisition Date

06/08/2021

Condition Check Date

06/08/2021

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

06/08/2021

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