Heater, Electric
Description
An electric Belling Fire heater made of brass with a copper hood. It generates heat by using three ceramic plates at the front, each of which has five wire coils running horizontally across them. The wire heats up the ceramic plates. The heater has imitation coals on top and a decorative brass front with a switch on either side of the ceramic plates. It stands on four legs, the font two run as pillars up the sides and finish with decorative top.
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Electric
fires
became
an
important
part
of
domestic
life
in
the
early
twentieth
Century
when
a
post-war
labour
shortage
resulted
in
the
increase
of
‘servant-less
homes’.
Belling Electric Fires, with all the aesthetic cheer of a traditional fire, first appeared in England in 1912 and were so representative of this transition to electrical heating that its advertisement came with the warning:
“This fire is warmed by electricity so do not use a poker”.
This particular Belling Fire heater was presented to Pukekura Park kiosk during the 1930s at the time of opening.
Belling Electric Fires, with all the aesthetic cheer of a traditional fire, first appeared in England in 1912 and were so representative of this transition to electrical heating that its advertisement came with the warning:
“This fire is warmed by electricity so do not use a poker”.
This particular Belling Fire heater was presented to Pukekura Park kiosk during the 1930s at the time of opening.
Accession number
A67.384
Collection type
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