Advert for an Esse heat storage range-type cooker, 1951. The illustration shows a range cooker that ran on coke or anthracite coal and was available with or without a built-in boiler for heating water. The 'Esse' brand name was chosen because it sounded French. The business prospered throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries and the company were able to claim an Esse in every Royal household in Europe - plus Mrs Beeton, Florence Nightingale and Ernest Shackleton were among their famous clients. Esse range cookers and stoves are made in Barnoldswick, Lancashire, England.
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2223 x 2953 px | 18.8 x 25 cm | 7.4 x 9.8 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
1 May 1951Location:
Barnoldswick, Lancashire, England, UKMore information:
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Advert for an Esse heat storage range-type cooker, 1951. This appeared in the Ideal Home magazine 1st May 1951 - it was a special edition to mark the Festival of Britain that year. The illustration shows a range cooker that ran on coke or anthracite coal and was available with or without a built-in boiler for heating water. In the mid-1800s James Smith returned to his native Scotland, and arranged for the manufacture of fuel-efficient American-type enclosed cooking ranges and stoves that he'd seen in the USA. These were made at the Bonnybridge foundry of George Ure. In 1854 Ure, Smith and a third partner, Stephen Wellstood formed 'Smith & Wellstood' as a new company. The 'Esse' brand name was chosen simply because it sounded French. The business prospered throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries and the company were able to claim an Esse in every Royal household in Europe - plus Auguste Escoffier, Mrs Beeton, Florence Nightingale and Ernest Shackleton were among their famous clients. Esse range cookers and stoves are made in Barnoldswick, Lancashire, England - vintage 1950s graphics for editorial use only.