Witches don’t make use of stoves, of course, even when they have access to one. They use a cauldron.
Philippe Fix (born 1 May 1937) is a French illustrator and author of children’s books. This is for The Book of Giant Stories by David L. Harrison.
Gordon Robinson’s Cinderella has access to a broomstick and cauldron, and looks like she’s about to stab you, the onlooker. In this version, Cinderella is really a witch. (I wish.)
Cinderella 1930s edition illustrated by Gordon RobinsonNovember, page 1 from A Time to Keep, The Tasha Tudor Book of Holidays, Macmillan, New York, 1977Arkady SherArkady SherThe Life of a Queen by Colette PortalThe Life of a Queen by Colette PortalErnest Higgins Rigg (1868-1947) Quiet HourJames Stokeld – When the boat comes in 1862Charles Sheeler (1883–1965) Kitchen, Williamsburg, 1937 Adolf Heinrich Claus Hansen (Danish, 1859 – 1925). The shiny kettles really make this one. (Metallic surfaces in art and illustration.)Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita (1886–1968) Mon Interieur. Look closely and you’ll see the stove. This interior reminds me very much of the work of Anton Pieck.Louis Thevenet (1874-1930) Interior of Cafe de GreveKetobashi Yamano Ibarinbo and Aya Daido 1980 back coverFive Little Peppers And How They Grew 1955 Margaret Sidney back cover illustrated by SariThe Ladies Home Journal Magazine June 1919 advertisement for Florence Oil Cook StovesDuane Bryers HildaBarbara Cooney from ‘The Man Who Didn’t Wash His Dishes’, 1950
