Ceramic Tile Stoves Photos

To heat rooms cleanly, European palaces & the mansions of the rich, installed tile-covered ovens or stoves with connections to back rooms from which heat was produced and fires serviced. Thus servants could tend the stoves from elsewhere and smoke was not released into these better rooms.

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Tiled stove by SRB of Nuremburg in Intarsia Room at Coburg Castle. Coburg, Germany.Details oft tiles on stove by SRB of Nuremburg in Intarsia Room at Coburg Castle. Coburg, Germany.Cast iron room stove with Biblical scenes by Philipp Soldan at Coburg Castle. Coburg, Germany.Ceramic heating stove with Germanic paintings & poems by HHG at Ariana Museum. Geneva, Switzerland.
Tiled stove (c1540) by SRB of Nuremburg in Intarsia Room at Coburg Castle. Coburg, Germany.Details oft tiles on stove (c1540) by SRB of Nuremburg in Intarsia Room at Coburg Castle. Coburg, Germany.Cast iron room stove with Biblical scenes (1548) by Philipp Soldan at Coburg Castle. Coburg, Germany.Ceramic heating stove with Germanic paintings & poems (1686) by HHG at Ariana Museum. Geneva, Switzerland.
Tiled stove with green lead glazed earthenware tiles made for Castle Haneberg in Thurgau, Switzerland at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Tile heating oven in study at Ehrenburg Palace. Coburg, Germany.Tiled stove by Tobias Feilner furnace factory of Berlin in reception room at Ehrenburg Palace. Coburg, Germany.Tile stove in niche beside porcelain vases from Berlin at Ehrenburg Palace. Coburg, Germany.
Tiled stove (17thC) with green lead glazed earthenware tiles made for Castle Haneberg in Thurgau, Switzerland at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Tile heating oven in study at Ehrenburg Palace. Coburg, Germany.Tiled stove (1814) by Tobias Feilner furnace factory of Berlin in reception room at Ehrenburg Palace. Coburg, Germany.Tile stove in niche beside porcelain vases (1820-30) from Berlin at Ehrenburg Palace. Coburg, Germany.
Typical German ceramic stove for room heating in Municipal Art Gallery at Schaezler Palace. Augsburg, Germany.Germanic ruler paintings by Rudolf von Seitz beside tile room oven at Imperial Castle. Nuremberg, Germany.X-chair beside inlaid table with tile stove beyond at Albrecht Dürer's House. Nuremberg, Germany.Tile room stove under rococo ceiling & chandelier at Fembohaus City Museum. Nuremberg, Germany.
Typical German ceramic stove for room heating in Municipal Art Gallery at Schaezler Palace. Augsburg, Germany.Germanic ruler paintings (1895) by Rudolf von Seitz beside tile room oven at Imperial Castle. Nuremberg, Germany.X-chair (aka Savonarola chair) beside inlaid table with tile stove beyond at Albrecht Dürer's House. Nuremberg, Germany.Tile room stove under rococo ceiling & chandelier at Fembohaus City Museum. Nuremberg, Germany.
Beautiful room from Pellerhaus with tile room stove & wood paneling at Fembohaus City Museum. Nuremberg, Germany.Ceramic stove in Bamberg Old Town Hall Rococo meeting room. Bamberg, Germany.Ceramic stove at Balzac House. Paris, France.Ceramic stove from Danzig Poland at Chambord Chateau. Chambord, France.
Beautiful room from Pellerhaus (c1605) with tile room stove & wood paneling at Fembohaus City Museum. Nuremberg, Germany.Ceramic stove in Bamberg Old Town Hall Rococo meeting room. Bamberg, Germany.Ceramic stove at Balzac House. Paris, France.Ceramic stove (1749) from Danzig Poland at Chambord Chateau. Chambord, France.
Tile details of ceramic stove from Danzig Poland at Chambord Chateau. Chambord, France.Tile details of ceramic stove from Danzig Poland at Chambord Chateau. Chambord, France.Rabbit tile on ceramic stove from Danzig Poland at Chambord Chateau. Chambord, France.Ceramic stove in guests living room by Grossmann Co. of Nuremberg or Coburg at Coburg Castle. Coburg, Germany.
Tile details of ceramic stove (1749) from Danzig Poland at Chambord Chateau. Chambord, France.Tile details of ceramic stove (1749) from Danzig Poland at Chambord Chateau. Chambord, France.Rabbit tile on ceramic stove (1749) from Danzig Poland at Chambord Chateau. Chambord, France.Ceramic stove in guests living room (late 19thC) by Grossmann Co. of Nuremberg or Coburg at Coburg Castle. Coburg, Germany.
St Mark Evangelist panel on ceramic stove by Grossmann Co. of Nuremberg or Coburg at Coburg Castle. Coburg, Germany.Ceramic stove in guests living room shows scenes of Evangelists above & Hercules below at Coburg Castle. Coburg, Germany.Green glazed earthenware heating oven in form of man smoking pipe from Kröning at Bavarian National Museum. Munich, Germany.Antique cast iron room-heating stove at Augsburg Rathaus. Augsburg, Germany.
St Mark Evangelist panel on ceramic stove (late 19thC) by Grossmann Co. of Nuremberg or Coburg at Coburg Castle. Coburg, Germany.Ceramic stove in guests living room (late 19thC) shows scenes of Evangelists above & Hercules below at Coburg Castle. Coburg, Germany.Green glazed earthenware heating oven in form of man smoking pipe (1880s) from Kröning at Bavarian National Museum. Munich, Germany.Antique cast iron room-heating stove at Augsburg Rathaus. Augsburg, Germany.
Ceramic stove for heating a room at Brechthaus Museum. Augsburg, Germany.Stove, musical instruments & standing clock in ornate wooden case in Municipal Art Gallery at Schaezler Palace. Augsburg, Germany.Ceramic heating stove at Museum of City of Füssen in Kloster St Mang. Füssen, Germany.Ornate ceramic tiled heating stove in State Gallery at Hohes Schloss zu Füssen. Füssen, Germany.
Ceramic stove for heating a room at Brechthaus Museum. Augsburg, Germany.Stove, musical instruments & standing clock in ornate wooden case in Municipal Art Gallery at Schaezler Palace. Augsburg, Germany.Ceramic heating stove at Museum of City of Füssen in Kloster St Mang. Füssen, Germany.Ornate ceramic tiled heating stove in State Gallery at Hohes Schloss zu Füssen. Füssen, Germany.
Tiled stove originally made for Neuschwanstein Castle by Xaver Mittermayr of Munich at King Ludwig II Museum. Chiemsee, Germany.Tiled stove originally made for Neuschwanstein Castle by Xaver Mittermayr of Munich at King Ludwig II Museum. Chiemsee, Germany.Ceramic tile stove surrounded by collection of German cast-iron fireplace shields at Lindau Municipal Museum. Lindau im Bodensee, Germany.Ceramic heating stove with lion base at Lindau Municipal Museum. Lindau im Bodensee, Germany.
Tiled stove (1881) originally made for Neuschwanstein Castle by Xaver Mittermayr of Munich at King Ludwig II Museum. Chiemsee, Germany.Tiled stove (1881) originally made for Neuschwanstein Castle by Xaver Mittermayr of Munich at King Ludwig II Museum. Chiemsee, Germany.Ceramic tile stove surrounded by collection of German cast-iron fireplace shields at Lindau Municipal Museum. Lindau im Bodensee, Germany.Ceramic heating stove with lion base at Lindau Municipal Museum. Lindau im Bodensee, Germany.
Detail of ceramic heating stove with date of 1553 at Lindau Municipal Museum. Lindau im Bodensee, Germany.Ceramic & cast iron heating stove with scene of Christ's crucifixion with Mary & John at foot of cross at museum of Kloster Wiblingen. Ulm, Germany.

Detail of ceramic heating stove with date of 1553 at Lindau Municipal Museum. Lindau im Bodensee, Germany.Ceramic & cast iron heating stove (1733) with scene of Christ's crucifixion with Mary & John at foot of cross at museum of Kloster Wiblingen. Ulm, Germany.

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