Antique lovers have the option of purchasing genuine antique cook stoves or may decide to purchase restored and converted antique kitchen stoves or the more financially conservative antique-stove-fans could even opt for antique look stoves which would definitely be more economical and would also have functional value.
Today, one has the option
of buying refurbished antique stoves through a variety
of sources and many of these models can even be used
with the necessary modifications.
These also allow antique lovers to adopt the antique
look in their homes. Selling antique stoves is also not
hard to do as there are many collectors and
antique-lovers that would readily purchase an antique
stove in good condition.
But for lovers of antique stoves, a little bit of
antique stove history is very interesting to know. For
instance, antique wood stoves were very popular as far
back as in the end of the eighteenth century and the
beginning of the nineteenth century.
American wooden stove companies offered economically
priced wooden stoves at that time, which must have been
responsible for the popularity of the item. Eventually
gas-stoves were developed but because there was no
adequately efficient system for the distribution of
natural gas, such stoves took a lot of time to gain
popularity.
Consequently these stoves did not become popular till the end of the First World War. Today, many varieties of antique stoves from different eras can be purchased at auctions, markets and can also be sourced through museums.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Items over hundred years are not permitted to be taken out of India without the permission of the Director General, The Archaeological survey of India, Janpath, New Delhi - 110 011.