Wonderful 1880s Walker and Pratt Cast Iron Stove Front with Faces first edition 1906 Please specify with your order

Please specify with your order whether you prefer the red or the orange

and a small area of surface loss to the gold over plaster at top of the frame

the other orange/peach--and though I am offering them for sale separately

I'd guess he dates to the early 20th century

Everything about this lovely stoneware bowl makes me believe it is a piece by highly collectible mid-century studio potter Frank C

Wonderful 1880s Walker and Pratt Cast Iron Stove Front with Faces first edition 1906 Please specify with your orderNot totally my usually thing, but I thought this was such a beautiful (and beautifully preserved) piece of cast iron, especially with those faces at the top corners, that I just couldn't resist it. It was once the front screen of a c. 1880 Walker and Pratt parlor stove, which had a side load door, so that the front was just the fire view, gorgeously framed! I thought it could be great in front of a fireplace now, or one could or, as long as well