Parlour stove
![A metal stove](https://www.historymuseum.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/poele_stove-244x300.jpg)
Canadian Museum of History, A-3465
The 19th century witnessed great improvements in heating technology with closed-door stoves replacing open fireplaces as a more efficient heat source. The ornamentation of this parlour stove manufactured in Nova Scotia reflects its origins, with a shell on its hearth reflecting the domestic architecture of Halifax.