I don't go out searching for old cast iron toy stoves, but I stumbled across this 1920s Hubley Eagle range in much weathered original paint, and it was just the thing I wanted! It lost its screw on iron legs at some point, which to my eye makes it much better, and each of the three doors on the right side open, such that one could treat it as a box of sorts and hide small things inside! Of substantial scale, much more salesman sample-ish than dollhouse miniature, but it was definitely produced as a toy. A satisfying thing, all the more so for the EAGLE arching across that mossy green painted middle door.
8 5/8" x 6 1/4" x 4 5/8" d and heavy. Much weathered, with paint loss, surface rust, etc, and original screw on legs long gone--all to the good to my eye. Solid and sturdy and I'd say indestructible. Top door on right side slides open upward like a bread box and does not hold open--I propped something inside to photograph it open (7th photo.)
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