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- OBJECT TYPE
- gas/bottom oven/portable
- DATE
- 1898
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0384.001
- MANUFACTURER
- GURNEY FOUNDRY CO. LTD.
- MODEL
- GEM 1
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ALL METAL CONSTRUCTION. OVEN MAY BE ASBESTOS LINED. RUBBER (?) WHEELS ON CASTORS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 64.0 cm
- Width
- 45.0 cm
- Height
- 79.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Domestic Technology
- Category
- Food processing
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- GURNEY
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF RANGE USED 1890S- EARLY 1900S.
- Canada
-
PART OF A LARGE COLLECTION OF DOMESTIC AND LIGHTING APPLIANCES, AND MEASURING INSTRUMENTS ACQUIED FROM CONSUMERS' GAS CO. LTD. GURNEY FOUNDRY EST'D IN TORONTO C. 1868-9: BY 1900 CO LISTED UNDER VARIATIONS OF THIS NAME IN HAMILTON, LONDON, MONTREAL, WINNIPEG & VANCOUVER. GURNEY LINE OF GAS RANGES INTRODUCED IN 1898. (REF.3) - Function
-
TO WARM AND/OR COOK BEVERAGES BY MEANS OF HEAT. - Technical
-
COMPACT EARLY 2-BURNER GAS RANGE WITHOUT CHIMNEY VENTAND MOUNTED ON CASTORS COULD BE MOVED AS NEEDED. GAS FLOW TO BURNERS & OVEN COULD BE ALTERED, BUT NO TEMPERATURE CONTROL AS SUCH. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "GEM NO. 1/ THE GURNEY FOUNDRY CO. LIMITED/ TORONTO" and "LIGHT HERE" cast on lower front edge of range.
- Missing
- APPEARS FAIRLY COMPLETE: MAY BE MISSING GRILLS FOR BURNERS, AND COVER FOR RANGE TOP. From CA of 06/05/2001 by Kevin Machan: Undetermined - Nothing obvious missing.
- Finish
- ALL BLACK FINISH.
- Decoration
- N/A
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GURNEY FOUNDRY CO. LTD., Range, after 1898, Artifact no. 1998.0384, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0384.001/
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