Beatrice-is that a type or a brand?

Strange question, perhaps...

The reason is that sometimes here in Sweden you run into this wick stove from Husqvarna called Beatrice. (Yes, that?s the same Husqvarna making all kind of stuff from chainsaws and lawn mowers to rifles and shotguns.)
I stopped my cousin to throw one away this weekend when he was emptying an old house on his properties. I also saved a couple of Primus No.5 and some feuerhand lanterns. Very common stuff, I know, but I hate to see them go to waste.
This Husqvarna Beatrice are my first so I looked it up here, but searching the forum told me that there was a British brand called Beatrice, and they made almost exactly the same kind of stove!

So I wonder if Husqvarna just stole the concept! Hmm... Not likely that they would use the name 'Beatrice' as a model if they had stolen the whole thing from the manufacturer with the same name, is it
Or perhaps they manufactured them under licens.
Or imported them and then put their own name on them also, as many suppliers did.

Here?s a pic of the junk. It has two 4" wide wicks, just as I read that the British Beatrice had. Many other details looks as the stove a bit down in this thread


Thanks,
Christer

 

The Beatrice range of stoves were made by John Harper & Co from the late 19th century through to the 20th century

The name Beatrice was chosen:

"The name Beatrice dates the launch of this stove to the marriage of Princess Beatrice, Queen Victoria?s popular daughter, to Prince Henry of Battenberg in July 1885" ("John Harper, family member, email to me")

The company exported thousands of these stoves, so I suppose it is possible they were badged for other companies or made under licence. I will try and contact John again and ask for more information

 

Thank?s Rik!

I can?t say that the Husqvarna Beatrice looks exactly like the Beatrice No.33 you posted in that earlier thread, but I assume that there were other models.

/Christer

 

In the USA that's called a sad iron heater. Iv'e seen at least a dozen different brands. Most are single wick and some double. Intended to heat a sad iron, a solid iron for pressing clothes. Sad meant heavy, not tearful. The sad iron heater was used in lieu of the kitchen range if possible during warm weather. I suppose the heater could be used any way the owner wanted. My Dad used one to warm the engine of his Model T Ford in the winter. It's hard to start a cold (-25F) engine by hand cranking.

Gerry

 

Like this

 

Yup, back in the day, housewives didn't go to the gym, they just ironed every day!
In between milking the cow, doing laundry by hand, worked the 'truck garden', gathered eggs and fed the livestock, split wood, and cooked 3-4 massive meals a day
Dainty, they weren't

Speaking of not using the main stove to iron in the summer, I remember my grandmothers house, they had a combination 'summer kitchen / laundry (with a ringer machine) and their first 'flush toilet' in a small building out back! Their house originally was built in 1873, and had no electricity or plumbing.

 

Thanks for that information! I think it sounds very likely that they used it for sad irons here aswell.
Who wants to start that smokey and dirty woodfueled kitchen stove in the summer just to iron a shirt!?
And I?m glad I got an explanation on the word 'sad' in sad iron! I have never got a grip on that.
I often see coleman irons at eBay that people call sad iron, but that isn?t really the right name for the gas irons if i understand you correctly. It?s just the solid 'iron-irons', right?

 

I know this was started a long time ago, but its the closest ive come to dating when these were first made.
Everything else ive read says early 1900s, so where does this 1885 date come from?

Thanks.

 

Back when men were men and so were the women.

Ben

 

Cheers young man

 

Certainly NOT the 'early 1900s'.



Reference (from 1894)
How to live on Half-a-Crown a week. (1894, January 11). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1888 - 1900), p. 3. Retrieved September 15, 2023, from How to live on Half-a-Crown a week. - The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1888 - 1900) - 11 Jan 1894

 

I’m amazed to see pineapple on that shopping list, surely that was a bit of a luxury? The same price as the Bovril, how interesting.

 

@Jean J Ah, but was it a small tin, or a whole fruit?

 

What are germ scones?

 

@geeves - I think it is https://www.food.com/recipe/wheat-germ-scones-with-dried-fruits-and-nuts-373980

 

ah

 

I have to say that although thrifty if seems a healthier diet than many choose today!