Howdy,

Can anyone help put some light on or identify this oven I have. I am posting some happy snaps with the hope that someone has a few ideas.?????????????????









Thanks Skip

Thanks PD,

I picked it up in Gympie a few months ago. Some of the casting pock marks inside are quite deep(they must be nearly through) I don't know if this is a sign of poor casting or from an impurity in the iron.

Beneath the lid are three raised nibs to obviously let out the steam.

PD the swirly marks all over the oven ,like yours has me intrigued.

The bail arm is in three pieces, an arm coming up from each ear and a solid ring in the centre.
Once again I don't know if that would be original kit or manufactured later.

I don't remember what I paid for it but think it may have been 80 or 90 dollars.The seller told me it was extremely old but could not elaborate on that.

I was wondering if the cast spur on the bottom meant anything, but I don't know where to start looking for that symbol.

All the best
Skip

Hope your right Robbo!!

Regards Skip

Send it up to my place for closer analysis Skip. Im no expert but Ill have a look at it for ya.

Robbo

Duncan,  Spru mark dates are for North American ONLY.

I have not seen, except in photo an oven with a spru mark from the later part of the 20th century.

I have hesitated to speak up because I'm Canuck, not Aussie.  The idea of standards applying to all continents is really one that only arrives in the late 20th century.  Such international standards definitely do not apply to things very local, such as foundrys.

I suspect there are regional variations within N. America, too.

Remember it's only since World War II that the average Jill or Joe has been able to travel widely.  & sometime in the 50s & 60s before televisions  (ie. visual images) arrived in most N. American households, never mind India, central Africa, the Sobbo Steps, Gulag, etc.