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It was made by the Carron Iron Company and is likely to have been designed by Robert Adam. The Carron Iron Company was founded in 1759 near Falkirk, Stirlingshire, by John Roebuck, Samuel Garbett and William Cadell.<br><br><b>Trading</b><br>The Carron Iron Company sought to manufacture practical objects for the mass market using the most up-to-date designs, in this case by employing the Adam brothers. Making stoves and grates was a major part of the Carron Company's business, especially after Robert Adam had been enlisted to provide ornamental patterns.<br><br><b>Design & Designing</b><br>This stove demonstrates the elegance achievable in cast iron. Its design is very similar to a Carron Company drawing in the Scottish Record Office which has been attributed to Robert Adam and is replete with Neo-classical ornament in the Roman manner.","physicalDescription":"Made of cast iron, of classic form, an urn resting upon an altar. The urn, with two mask handles, is enriched with bands of guilloche, bead and leaf ornaments. The upper part of the altar is decorated with a leaf moulding and rams' head corners from which hang garlands. 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Cast iron was used for many functional yet decorative objects, such as fire grates and stoves.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}},{"text":"STOVE\r\nCast iron\r\nEngland; c. 1800-1820\r\n\r\nStoves became popular as an alternative means of heating to open fires in the late 18th century in England. This example, in the centre of the Gallery, comes from Compton Place, Eastbourne, Sussex. The decoration is in the Neo-classical style, and uses patterns and motifs taken from classical Greek and Roman decoration, such as the urn, plaited scrolls, rams' heads, garlands and bead and leaf ornament. The stove was probably designed by the architect Robert Adam (1728-92) and cast by the Carron Company of Falkirk, Scotland, a pioneering manufacturer of decorative cast iron. Similar stoves designed by Adam are at Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire.\r\n\r\nMuseum No. M.3-1920","date":{"text":"07/1994","earliest":"1994-07-01","latest":"1994-07-31"}}],"partNumbers":["M.3-1920"],"accessionNumberNum":"3","accessionNumberPrefix":"M","accessionYear":1920,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LV6332"],"recordModificationDate":"2026-01-05","recordCreationDate":"2001-09-04","availableToBook":false}}