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British Petroleum Co., Ltd., London, England,
made this Cleary "B P" stove,
which was named for its inventor, Edwin Cleary,
who patented the burner in the early 1920s.
Henry Plews restored this heavily used appliance
in his collection to close to its original appearance.
Clayton & Lambert,
a Detroit, Michigan, company, filed the patent for this Model 3 stove in
1926,
the patent was issued in
1931, and the stove is marked Patent Pending.
All of this 3 burner model,
including the stand, folds down to 29" x 12" x 7".
A high-end model, it features
pilot lights for the 2 side burners, a pullout gas tank on sliding rails
that self lock in the out
position, and attached flip-up grates for each burner to ease cleaning;
the flame guide surrounding
each burner lifts off for cleaning.
The stove cooks evenly
on all burners and is thrifty on fuel.
The stove is in Laura and
Mike Murphy's collection.
Please contact me if you have any information on this model.

The Companion Heater Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia,
made this stove under license from Max Sievert, Sweden,
sometime after 1939 (Watchom, from the Classic Camp Stoves website).
Companion models were faithful to the Sievert originals so this may have been Model 155.
This stove is in Peter Cunnington's collection.
This Model 733 Dura Camp
brand stove was made
by an unidentified Japanese
manufacturer,
possibly in the 1960's.
It has a number of similarities
to Coleman stoves of the same period.
This stove is in Brien
Page's collection.
The Enterprise Portable
Gasoline Stove
was manufactured by the
Enterprise Tool & Metal Works of Chicago.
It features a detachable,
external pump
and a preheater reminiscent
of a blow torch.


The Goodfire Stoves Corp, Valenzuela, Philippines,
made this Model GP-1 stove.
The burner (lower) is unusual in having a single loop
for preheating the kerosene.

Franz Heinze KG, Wuppertal, Germany, made this kerosene stove
for the German armed forces.
The stove is not removed from the carrying case to operate
and is preheated with a Rapid preheater;
there is no provision for alcohol preheating.
This stove is in Bob Meyer's collection.
This Evinrude Camp Stove
was made for Evinrude by Hercules Mfg, Minneapolis, Minnesota;
a smaller decal with the
Hercules name shows through the Evinrude decal on the metal case.
Hercules Mfg. sold a very
similar stove with their name on it.
Larry Pennell, whose collection
this is in,
got the stove with the
metal case, pump, pin, and funnel
The safety pin was apparently
used to clean the generator tip.
The pump screws into a
valve/fuel cap on the back of the stove.
The only identification
on this stove
or the box (not shown)
is Fire-Lite.
The stove, seen here heating
water,
is a clone of the popular
SVEA 123
possibly manufactured in
Asia.
This is a Model 100 Petromax
brand stove from Germany
was made by Graetz Vertriebsgesellschaft
mbH.
It runs on kerosene and
is preheated with alcohol
which can be put in the
cup via the hole beside the burner.
The flame is regulated
by pumping
and bleeding air with the
screw on the left.
The Lea Him Co. (Pte) Ltd,
Singapore made this No. 2
kerosene tank to serve
multiple stove (roarer) burners.
The tank has a built-in
pump, pressure gauge, and 2 fuel lines.
While this tank is dated
July 15, 1970,
it and three other sizes
are still for sale by the company.
Lea Hin also made this
Butterfly brand stove, Model 2411.
This stove with its tin
is in Bo Ryman's collection.

Casa Hipolito SARL once manufactured gas pressure appliances in Torres Vedras, Portugal,
Their products included this Model 36 tripod stove that is in Pablo Vega's collection.
When he got it the cast iron grate was with the stove.

This Hipolito No. 2 stove, also in Pablo Vega's collection, is unfired.
The stove may have been manufactured in 1986,
based on a printer's mark on the box flap.

This stove, which is stamped
"Sitima Asili No. 1S:or" and "Kaluworks Mombasa,"
was likely not made in
Sweden as the box (right) states.
The label is also stamped
Assembled in Tanganyika;
the bottom of the box is
marked Kenya Box Factory.
Ross Mellows notes that
Primus Trading on the box label makes it post 1962
and more likely of Optimus,
not Primus, origin.
This stove is in Glenn
Knapke's collection.


The Norwegian company,
Hovik Verk, made these Model 41 stoves
which are also stamped with their Standard brand.
The one on the left, finished
in nickel, is shown running.
The end of the pump handle
doubles as a plug
when the burner is removed
for packing in the tin.

Hovik Verk also made this Model 210 stove
under license from Primus in Sweden.
The burner was supplied by Primus and is so marked.
This stove is in Harald Hogseth's collection.
Hugo Mfg. Co., Duluth,
Minnesota, made this Model 6 Basford stove
sometime after 1924 based
on several patent dates on the label.
This two burner stove,
in James Davis's collection,
includes a siphon to take
gas from a car tank
and a pressure gauge on
the end of the tank.
A warming rack is located
above the cooking grate.