Virginia Metalcrafters was founded on October 6th, 1890, as the W.J. Loth Stove Company. Located in Waynesboro, Virginia, on the western slopes of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley, the company manufactured cast iron stoves and wood and coal heaters. The company’s motto at the time was, “Loth Stoves Make Happy Homes”. Loth, together with his son Percy, made the decision in the late 1890’s to...

Virginia Metalcrafters was affiliated with many leading historical sites, and produced high-quality reproductions for them. Colonial Williamsburg In 1951, Virginia Metalcrafters began its licensing program with Colonial Williamsburg, the pioneering restoration that would inspire many others to follow. The first restored buildings were opened to the public in 1932, and since then the restoration has grown to encompass the entire 18th-century...

The majority of Virginia Metalcrafters products are made by the process of sand casting. Sand casting is a 10,000 year old process and art that involves creating a cavity in damp sand and then filling that cavity with molten metal. After cooling the sand is broken away to reveal the rough casting.Because each sand mold must be destroyed in order to remove the casting, each casting is unique. The process begins with a hand carved pattern...