A nice example of what at the time was the 'top of the range' (judged by original catalogue price) No.9 version of the standard size Svea 'roarer' burner stove. As with the examples already posted by 'Alexander' and 'Doug L' this one has all of the detail features which place it's origins somewhere in a period that would begin just before WW1 and extend through into the early 1920s. These key features are the large Cyrillic script side panel, the 'PATENT' element in the tank top engravings, the 'SVEA' pump tube cap marking and the tin housing box. The former two features put limits on its latest possible date of manufacture, whilst the 'SVEA' pump tube cap and the authentic tin box put limits on the earliest possible date of manufacture. The 1908 catalogue, for example, only lists 'pasteboard' boxes as being available at that time. There are some interesting small differences in the fitting out of the storage tins, but whether these were original, bespoke or later modifications it seems impossible to tell. One thing the storage tins did do was to help these No.9 models to be preserved in impresively good order for their age.
