Stove plate

Museum Object Number 1960.0145

Object Name

Stove plate

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds provided by Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Henry William Stiegel (Maker)

Elizabeth Furnace (Maker)

Creator Notes

An article in the Supplement to the Philadelphia Inquirer (May 27, 1962, p.20) discusses stove plates made by Heinrich Wilhelm Stiegel (1729-1785). Stiegel began working for Jacob Huber, the owner of the furnace, as a bookkeeper in 1752. Stiegel later married Huber's daughter Elizabeth and became part owner in the furnace in 1758. He immediately began growing the business and with the financial collaboration of Philadelphia merchants Charles and Alexander Stedman, he added land and built a new furnace on the site.

Date of Birth

5/13/1729

Date of Death

1/10/1785

Place of Origin

Brickersville, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1769

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Upper center; "H.W.STIEGEL.ELIZABETH/FURNACE 1769", cast, words separated by pellets

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Iron

Techniques

Puddle cast

Dimensions (inches)

22.874 (H) , 26.969 (W) , 1 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

58.1 (H) , 68.5 (W) , 2.54 (D)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fennimore, Donald L. 2004 Iron at Winterthur.
• Published: pp. 73-75, cat. no. 27.
[Book] Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc. 1960 Accessions 1960.
• Published: illus. p.16, fig.9
[Book] Schiffer, Herbert F., et al. 1979 Antique Iron: Survey of American and English Forms: fifteenth through nineteenth centuries.
• Published: p. 301.
[Book] Nutting, Wallace. 1928 Furniture Treasury.
• Similar in 1948 edition, vol. 2, fig. 3966.