Made in Albany, New York during the golden-era of decorative stove design, this stove was marketed and sold by E. N. Pratt and Company. Elisha Pratt first appears in the Albany records with John G. Treadwell as wholesale and retail shop owners on 26 State Street from 1834-1836. Pratt then went into business on his own as a wholesale stove dealer on 10-12 Green Street from 1837-1843, after which he was no longer listed. Albany was a major trading center in the 19th century, with access to the port of New York City via the Hudson, and after 1825 with the building of the Erie Canal, out to mid-western markets. During this time, Albany was one of the leading stove manufacturing centers in the world, replete with foundaries, manufacturies, a ready source of iron ore, and a valuable transportation network for dispersal of the finished products.

An identical stove is illustrated on the cover and discussed in Tammis Kane Graft, Cast with Style: Nineteenth Century Cast-Iron Stoves from the Albany Area (Albany Institute of Art, 1984) p. 54.