ANTIQUE 1890-1914 NEVILLE PLANTATION KEROSENE BURNER -- NEVER USED!!
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ANTIQUE PRE-WW I (1914) KEROSENE BURNER BY DENNISON MANUFACTURING CO. & SOLD ON SUBSCRIPTION BY ROBERTS METALLIC BATHROOM CO. REMOVED FROM REMAINS OF NEVILLE PLANTATION BRICK-MAKING AND BLACKSMITH FORGE AREA -- NEVER USED! STILL HAS THE ORIGINAL TAG ATTACHED! (New/Old Stock)
This is a very distinctive and RARE handmade kerosene burner from Neville Plantation in Port Hudson, LA, which I acquired in the 1990's. It dates from the late 1800's and perhaps up to 1919, although pe-1914 is more likely. These old burners were made by the Dennison Manufacturing Company of Framington, Massachusetts in the late 1800's and were the "hot water heaters" of their day. In the early 1900's Dennison partnered with Roberts Metallic Bathtub Co,, which employed salesman in assigned territories to go door-to-door and offer these modern conveniences to rural farming folk who had NO hot water capability, either in their homes or for their farming and/or plantation operations. These old-time peddlers apparently made a stop at Neville Plantation at some point back in the day. The owners thereby acquired one of these modern marvels which was to be integrated into plantation operations.
IT WAS NEVER USED. The ancient Dennison Manufacturing Company tag is still affixed, and--although faded-- the instructions for use provided by Roberts is still visible, as are the identifications of both Roberts and Dennison. AN AMAZING FIND. Locating one of these old LARGE kerosene burners is hard enough, but finding one in this "New Old Stock" condition is unheard of! They are rare -- check online for yourself. They ain't around anymore!
Sales Price: $500
Dennison Manufacturing:
The Dennison Manufacturing Company was founded by Andrew Dennison and his son Aaron Lufkin Dennison, residents of Brunswick. Maine, in 1844, as a jewelry- and watch-box manufacturing company located in the Dunlap Block of Maine Street. Five years later Aaron turned the Dennison Manufacturing Company over to his younger brother, Eliphalet Whorf Dennison, who took over and developed the company into a significant-sized industrial enterprise. It was in 1898 that the business moved to a location in Framingham, Massachusetts, although their kerosene burner operations had started prior to that time. Dennison went on to co-found the Waltham Watch Company in 1850, a leader in the American system of watch manufacturing using interchangeable parts -- an evolution they had also used in their industrial and farming manufacturing,
The photos are provided to demonstrate the A-1 condition of this LARGE old kerosene burner. It was removed intact from the loft of a barn I renovated on the site of Neville Plantation Port Hudson, LA, which I own. The plantation and all attached outbuilding burned in the late 1920's but this antique burner survived among the remains found of the old plantation brick-making and blacksmith forge operations. So, there must have been a need for heated water in those endeavors. I have not otherwise tried to clean it -- but it doesn't really need it. It appears to have been NEVER used at any point in the past, all as noted in the pictures and is still in A-1 condition. It could be fired up & put back to work tomorrow! The burner and all-original attachments--along with the original tag -- are really eye-catching and distinctive -- a very unique piece.
MEASUREMENTS: The old burner is BIG -- around 15" wide at the top, 17" at the bottom and 45" tall. HEAVY DUTY!
This is a very distinctive and RARE handmade kerosene burner from Neville Plantation in Port Hudson, LA, which I acquired in the 1990's. It dates from the late 1800's and perhaps up to 1919, although pe-1914 is more likely. These old burners were made by the Dennison Manufacturing Company of Framington, Massachusetts in the late 1800's and were the "hot water heaters" of their day. In the early 1900's Dennison partnered with Roberts Metallic Bathtub Co,, which employed salesman in assigned territories to go door-to-door and offer these modern conveniences to rural farming folk who had NO hot water capability, either in their homes or for their farming and/or plantation operations. These old-time peddlers apparently made a stop at Neville Plantation at some point back in the day. The owners thereby acquired one of these modern marvels which was to be integrated into plantation operations.
IT WAS NEVER USED. The ancient Dennison Manufacturing Company tag is still affixed, and--although faded-- the instructions for use provided by Roberts is still visible, as are the identifications of both Roberts and Dennison. AN AMAZING FIND. Locating one of these old LARGE kerosene burners is hard enough, but finding one in this "New Old Stock" condition is unheard of! They are rare -- check online for yourself. They ain't around anymore!
Sales Price: $500
Dennison Manufacturing:
The Dennison Manufacturing Company was founded by Andrew Dennison and his son Aaron Lufkin Dennison, residents of Brunswick. Maine, in 1844, as a jewelry- and watch-box manufacturing company located in the Dunlap Block of Maine Street. Five years later Aaron turned the Dennison Manufacturing Company over to his younger brother, Eliphalet Whorf Dennison, who took over and developed the company into a significant-sized industrial enterprise. It was in 1898 that the business moved to a location in Framingham, Massachusetts, although their kerosene burner operations had started prior to that time. Dennison went on to co-found the Waltham Watch Company in 1850, a leader in the American system of watch manufacturing using interchangeable parts -- an evolution they had also used in their industrial and farming manufacturing,
The photos are provided to demonstrate the A-1 condition of this LARGE old kerosene burner. It was removed intact from the loft of a barn I renovated on the site of Neville Plantation Port Hudson, LA, which I own. The plantation and all attached outbuilding burned in the late 1920's but this antique burner survived among the remains found of the old plantation brick-making and blacksmith forge operations. So, there must have been a need for heated water in those endeavors. I have not otherwise tried to clean it -- but it doesn't really need it. It appears to have been NEVER used at any point in the past, all as noted in the pictures and is still in A-1 condition. It could be fired up & put back to work tomorrow! The burner and all-original attachments--along with the original tag -- are really eye-catching and distinctive -- a very unique piece.
MEASUREMENTS: The old burner is BIG -- around 15" wide at the top, 17" at the bottom and 45" tall. HEAVY DUTY!