Stover. Who's heard of this brand?

[Joamon]

Well this was the weekend for the flea market, so the wife and I braved the snow and drove for a couple of hours to get to all the bargins. The vendors and the shoppers were definitely lacking in numbers. But alot of the vendors that we did see were in the mood to sell. I found a Stover brand waffle iron. It was marked $36. I was able to get it for $26.
I have a griswold with a low base, but I have been looking for a tall base.
I don't see alot of these (tall bases) and the ones I do see seem to be big bucks. This base is 4 inches. One thing interesting about these(Stover brand) is that alot of them have different stamps on the plates. One side has little squares, the other has little pluses. The pics were taken with my phone so not the best
but here they are.

[Toytaco2]

Nice example of a high based iron. There's some interesting information around the web about the Stover Mfg. Co. of Freeport, Ill.

My first attempt at getting a CI waffle iron was a Stover low base model. Unfortunately it was lost in shipping and I never saw it. The box arrived at my house empty and I was never able to get my money back either. I finally ended up with a Puritan model.

Glad your experience is better than mine. Enjoy!

Mike

[bobhenry]

I picked up the mother / daughter set off of E-bay.

The little one make a 2 1/2 to 3" waffle. I refer to it as the wife's diet snow tread pancake maker

The big Stover has made many a waffle at home and at gatherings.

[bobhenry]

Got curious and went looking for info on the Stover name.

Stover Manufacturing Co. Was in Freeport Ill. and apparently made damn near anything and everything out of cast iron or steel.

http://www.cardcow.com/75793/stover-mfg-co-freeport-illinois/

short exerpt from another post

Here is a few of them......

1 - 14 inch stove damper foundry pattern.
2 - small electric fans.
3 - ice shavers, look like a small block plane with a hinged lid.
5 - Ice Kube Krackers, each with slighly different wording.
3 - #8 waffle irons.
1 - #9 waffle iron.
1 - #7-8 waffle iron.
5 - Stover Junior 8 toy waffle irons.
1 - Windlass - winch.
1 - Fireplace poker set.
1 - Fireplace andirons set.
1 - Stover Motor Car engine tag.
3 - small hand crank burr mills.
1 - larger beltdrive burr mill/feed grinder.
2 - corn shellers.
1 - Stover/Swartz salesman's sample of a 6 cylinder Chevy head.
1 - Stover/Swartz catalog.
2 - kerosene lamp brackets.
1 - letter opener.
7 - saw sharpening vices several different designs, all different markings.
10 or 12 (or more) - 2 to 12 inch stover dampers.
1 - NOS cylinder head fully machined EXCEPT for final valve seat grinding !
1 - NOS conecting rod casting UNMACHINED !
1 - 1 1/2hp KE engine.
1 - 4hp KG engine.
1 - 4hp T engine.
1 - air cooled engine.
1 - salesman's notebook/binder, but nothing in it except for a 1930s price list in the back cover.
6 - window weight pulleys.
2 - screen door hinges.
1 - receipt holder (big spike on a stand).

Etc., etc..... that's all I can think of at the moment other than a handfull of brochures and a small pile of misc. engine parts.

If I had some paychecks coming in, I would have spent the measly $35.00 to buy one of those Stover manhole covers last week at a local auction, but had to pass on it.

They also made bicycles, candle holders, candelabra's, rock crushers, bone cutters, and probably a thousand other items.

Big business back in the day.

another link ( note 1860 - 1942 ) so my waffle irons are older than me

http://vintagemachinery.org/MfgIndex/detail.aspx?id=1713