Richardson & Boynton "Perfect" 53

I'm trying to learn more about a stove located in the study of my Kingston NY home, which was built in 1885 by Guileford Hasbrouck. A visitor recently told me that he believed it to be a modern imitation, which seems unlikely to me but prompted me to pursue some more research. To me, it looks like it could have been a coal stove; it is circular in shape and set into the fireplace. Its labels are "Richardson & Boynton Co." in the middle and "Perfect 53" on the top. Research has yielded that the company in question operated in Red Hook, NY (directly across the Hudson River from Kingston) from the mid 1800s until 1896. "Perfect" was a label applied to many of their stoves and furnaces, but I haven't been able to find any products that look like the stove in my study:

 

I need some Dramamine....

 

There is one of these at an antique shop in Snohomish, WA and has a sold tag on it but it much bigger and prettier

 

Does that manufacturer also make diving gear?

 

Or, perhaps armor?

 

This may be what is called a fireplace insert parlor stove. The inserts all seem to have this weird rounded front. Here are a few examples:

http://antiquestovesonline.com/product/grand/
http://antiquestovesonline.com/product/york-queen/
http://www.thebrassknob.com/catalog/baltimore-stove/

Top one:
http://www.antiquestovesonline.com/franklin.html

Middle of the bottom row:
http://www.antiquestoveassociation.org/parlor stoves.htm

I haven't had any luck finding Richardson & Boynton insert stoves. Have taken the liberty of re-posting one of your pictures showing it upright as well as resizing it. You probably took the pics with your phone. Most times when pics appear sideways, they were taken with cell phones. If one clicks on the pics, they appear right side-up. Your pic is:
Dimension-wise 2448 pixel wide x3264 pixel high
Weight-wise: 1.92 MB = 1,975 KB = 2,021,846 bytes

Resized:
Dimension-wise: 450 pixel wide x 600 pixel high
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--- Susan

 

Thank you for your insight, Susan!

 

I got one it has 1870 stamped on it i,d like to no what its worth only thing i can find about is it must of been a train station stove because they call it a station stove. Its shaped like a teardrop

 

This thread is over 4 years old. You would be better off starting your own post. Be sure and add decent photos please.