1930's Vintage Morsona

Hello there. I joined the forum to see if anyone here could identify my stove. I bought it second-hand about twenty years ago here in South Africa. I emailed the attached pics to Morso in Denmark and they had no knowledge of the design. Can anyone enlighten me?

Thanks in advance.

 

Another pic:

 

I have no idea, but I like it.

 

lol, so does my dog...

 

The setting in the pictures look Scandinavian. You in South Africa, you say?


Sent from my iPhone so pardon any autocorrect bollocks

 

Yes. Southern Cape, about 400 km east of Cape Town.

 

Thats a great looking stove. Cast iron will last a long time if kept up, looks like yours is in fine shape.
The picture shows what appears to be some really thick cast pieces. Is it heavy for it's size?

 

Well I recall it took 2 of us to lift it up onto that plinth 13 years ago, and yes it's heavy! It's due for a proper de-rusting and paint job this summer. I've just replaced all the crumbling firebrick with new 2" vermiculite sheet and it's working a treat.

 

It looks like a coal stove. Is the round knob on the lower door is an intake? The other knob next to the name plate looks to be the handle for a shaker grate.

It is a really nice looking stove. You may be able to search the registered patent office online to find a little more info.

 

Correct on both points! I do love my old Morsona, I have to say. Just gave it a good clean and paint, added a bit of bling with some gold hammerite on the doorknobs, ready for next winter.

I used to burn anthracite in it, but the local suppliers now no longer supply - not enough demand. I burn wood in it now. Though you'll see a bucket of anthracite in the pic - got a 50 kilogram bag from a neighbour who was moving and had had it in his garage for nearly a decade. Nice to see the glow of anthracite in it again for a change!

 

I wonder if the glass on that original? Some older stoves used isinglass (mica) which would really would have increased the coolness factor.

 

It's mica...

 

Well Gents, it's four years on, and in all that time I still haven't had any new info on this little stove, apart from this that I found on flickr. It's from a 1931 Yacht supplies catalog.
It seems that it may have been one of a range of small anthracite stoves made by Morso of Denmark for marine use. I have only just the other week sold the stove to a collector who lives nearby. I've replaced it with a newer 1998 model Morso 1510.

 

New Morso: (Well, 1998) Still wouldn't pass muster over there in the USA - non-EPA!