Identify This Stove

This is in a house for sale, and I think it is a pellet stove... note the round pot in the middle? ....can anyone identify it?

Coal?
Fugly.

I concur. Nasty looking beast.

Looks like coal to me also.

My guess is coal...

I think it's purty, I'd buy a house just 'cus it had that stove......... Think maybe it's a gas ring, not sure..............

fugly x2

Its ugly alright.

I think Whitefield made a Ceramic stove that looked similar. To lazy to do a google image

Try Whitefield Renaissance??

Y'all are nuts. That stove is gorgeous. It looks like it's just on the edge of losing its cool with you.

Ok guys..here is an update...it turns out to be an OIL stove ...I guess that is why it doesn't look overly used!!

I like it. Very Art Deco.

I thought I seen one at a dealer in Isanti, MN. Supposed to be highly efficient,and run without electricity. Good backup!

It`s an oil stove . It looks to be cast iron, they are beautiful and they burn clean employing a carbeurator and catylitic convertor that pre-heats the vapors ,gets super hot, and glows red and produces a short circular bright blue flame similar to that of a gas stove. Heat control up and down is simple turn of a knob and near instant reponse .They do throw a lot of heat.
It requires no electricity and maintenance is much less than a pellet stove. These stoves are widely used in Europe. Most are made in Belgium.
I burned one for 6-7 years in my finished basement before I switched to pellets . I heated most of my upstairs too. The downside is they are NOT any cheaper to run than my central oil system. We just happen to like a stove of any kind and an alternative heat source in the house.
If the price of oil hadn`t risen as it did I would never have switched to pellets.

Just for what it`s worth , the picture shows the verticle heat proof mirror strips that reflect and enhance the colorful red catylitic and blue flame. Surprisingly thay stay very clean and after a months use all it requires is a wipe to remove a slight oil/soot film.

I wonder if you could have converted it to a veggie oil or something. Many places(with large fryers) Will give you all the used oil for free. I believe they are charged to have it removed, used to anyway. Never no these days nuttins free anymore!

Your house would be warm and smell like fries. Win win!

I wonder if you could run it on 'shine......with all the PEI potatoes aound here....I'm just sayin!