Victorian Trade Card Golden Crown Stove Pottstown PA Chromo Litho Strausstown For Sale

Up for sale is an original late 19th-century Victorian chromolithograph trade card advertising the "Golden Crown" revertible flue parlor stove, manufactured by The March-Brownback Stove Co. in Pottstown, Pennsylvania.

ITEM OVERVIEW

• Product Advertised: Golden Crown Revertible Flue Stove (usable as a single or double heater)

• Manufacturer: The March-Brownback Stove Co., Pottstown, PA

• Local Merchant Overprint: Heister & Christ, Strausstown, PA

• Front Illustration: Full-color chromolithograph depicting boys playing an early bat-and-ball / cricket game in a field

• Reverse Graphic: Black-and-white engraved illustration of the ornate cast iron stove detailing the Eclipse Patent Shaking and Dumping Grate

• Era: Circa 1880s–1890s

• Format: Original paper trade card / advertising ephemera

CONDITION DETAILS

• Vintage paper item with light corner and edge wear.

• Features minor creasing, surface scuffing along borders, and subtle age toning.

• Reverse side remains crisp and fully legible.

• Please inspect all high-resolution photos for complete physical condition prior to purchase.