The gold medal was deserved when this magnificent kitchen range won the top prize at the World's Fair a hundred years ago. This solid cast iron antique cooking stove features four wood heated cooklids and four gas burners. The large oven, with the stove's name and a temperature gauge on the door, is heated with wood. A kick pedal opens the oven door when arms are full. There is a bread warmer at the top of the backsplash and two flip down trivets located on the backsplash, Touches of scroll work adorn the jet black stove. The beautiful Glenwood Gold Medal is an impressive cooking range that today would still take home the honors.
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The Glenwood Gold Medal: the name says it all. Glenwood was the leader in stove manufacturing for many years around the turn of the twentieth century, and this remarkable range was given the name Gold Medal in honor of the rewards bestowed upon the distinguished stoves.
The wood and gas combination stove, manufactured by the Weir Stove Company in Tauton, Massachusetts, was first introduced in the early 1900's. It was the finest stove in the collection, offering a variety of different features to meet the domestic needs of the changing times.
Every Gold Medal kitchen stove features four gas burners and two wood fueled cooklids, as well as a wood heated oven below the stove top and a gas fueled oven above the stove top. A unique feature at the time was the glass window on the gas oven door, which allowed the cook to keep an eye on the cooking.
The Gold Medal ranges also feature a broiler next to the gas oven and a temperature gauge on the wood fueled oven door located above the celebrated name of the stove. The solid cast iron black body is given a punch of brightness from the white enameled backsplash.
It's been over one hundred years since the manufacturing of the Glenwood Gold Medal, and the stove is still worthy of its name and distinction.