Pre EPA.... any with glass?

Or are they all cast/steel doors?

I had a cast iron insert installed in the early 80s. It had glass in the door. I heated with it for a couple of years, until I sold the house and moved. This was in the PNW. I think it was locally made. Might have had the word "bear" in the name, but I'm not real sure on that.

I do know I liked it a lot.

Some Country Flames had glass in the doors. The few I've been around stayed so dirty it looked like they were painted black. To be fair, they were not burning dry wood.

The "Early Times" stove in my cabin (was there when I got the cabin, I'm guessing 1970s (or maybe 1980s) has glass doors and a small slide air vent below the doors.



It had flexible screen curtains inside the doors but I removed them recently, they just got in the way.

My old 'what ever the heck it is' had glass windows. It did have some vents above the glass - sort of a primitive air wash, but I rebuilt it to have a better working late model air wash system.

Some of the early Vermont Castings stoves had windows. The old first generation Resolute I grew up with had an option of ether a window or a cast panel on the top half of the door. We had the panel but later my Dad installed the glass.... impossible to keep clean though.

I've got an Ashley step top with glass in the door from 1985.
The air comes in front bottom of stove and keeps the glass clean.......mostly.
Glass is about 16"x9".

Fire View

I had a Nashua with a glass door. If you ran it hot you could keep the glass clean.

I've got a 1987 Jotul 3 TD which I'm still using and it has glass. Cleaning the glass is not that big a deal. I do it about once a week and it takes only a couple of minutes.
ChipTam

Lets not forget the mighty Orley

I assume you're not looking to go as far back as this, but most parlour stoves and base burners had mica glass.

My grandparents had something in their fireplace with glass doors and that black flexible screen. No idea what it was, but I remember the air vents on the bottom were round (and went all the way across-they were maybe an inch wide?) and the control slid back and forth on a rod to the left side.

My VC Vigilant came with the optional glass doors. I have the original metal doors that have never been installed and are basically brand new.

Old Bucks have glass. I think the hi heat glass came from the space program research. Probably the tile technolgy from the space shuttle. Can you tell I stayed at a Holiday Inn last night?

My old CDW had glass but it usually was pretty dirty so I rarely cleaned the glass as it was a waste of time..

Ray

The Kent Tile Fire from the mid 80s has a 12" x 8" window. It has some air wash and stays clean when you burn hot.

The Garrison II had the glass door option.
Looking for some now if anyone knows of a pair.