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Item 1932

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This is a very old kettle made by a small foundry using flask cast method. Stylistically its very much an early American piece with a heavy bottom gate mark, New England style ears, heavy triangular legs and a square section hand wrought bail. Side has a stylized crown like mark (inside what I think is a pair of wings) beneath the letters B and R with what looks to be a stylized flask which looks to have been an artistic interpretation of an ampersand (&) between the letters. There is a casting void (a hole) which goes all the way though the wall of the kettle about 2/3 of the way down that right “wing”. It is less than a 1/16” wide. Interior is beautifully smoothed with obvious pouring flaws still visible. \Yes you could use this but I think this should be a display piece.

Marked “B & R” please note the “&” is my interpretation of what the artistic flask between the letters is.

7” 7/8 diameter, ~5” 1/2 tall

Cleaned via lye method, hand buffed and seasoned with 3 layers of non-GMO canola oil.

No cracks, chips or wobble when tested on a sheet of glass. Cooking surface is beautifully smoothed for such an old piece, but has casting flaws.

$125 shipped

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#1932 B & R Kettle with New England ears with hand wrought bail and crest. c. 1780-1820. Over 200 years old.

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Item 1847

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This is an English made bowl shaped kettle with a lid. I do not believe this to be a marriage of pieces, as I know of at least three found with exactly this same pairing, all with the marked bowls which say “Made in England”. Odds are that this was an export piece and because of the three leaf clover design, I think it was likely made by Swain, who produced iron cookware from at least 1840-to WW I. I have no evidence that they made cookware after that time, but apparently they continued on until at least the 1950s as the Railroad Foundry (A name that suggests they switched over to making railroad products). But Swain used the three leaf clover design on all of their cookware that I’ve seen. There is a stamp, that looks like it probably had either the size or the manufacturer name on it, in the plaque/cartouche style on the other side but it is not readable.

The kettle looks lot like what we’d call a scotch bowl but with no rim, ring, or large flat base to make it steady on a flat surface (although it does stand upright), or hold it in place in s stove eye, like similar American made pieces. Instead the design is very precise and elegant. It stands straight on a very narrow, curve of the bottom, and would fit inside a stove eye of certain diameter. I think this would work well on a gas range, but would be a little too treacherous. Neither piece is gate marked on the bottom suggesting the casting was made after 1900 (several others of these lids I have seen are gated, so it suggests this design was used for a fair while).

Marked: “Made in England” the Eng in England is hard to read, but having seen others of this type I can verify that it says England, not Finland. The cartouche on the other side has been clear in not a single piece I’ve seen. So what it said is up in the air.

8” 3/4 diameter ~ 4” deep

Cleaned via lye method, hand buffed and seasoned with 3 layers of non-GMO canola oil.

No cracks, chips, not a piece that wobble really applies to. Cooking surface is smooth and polished.

$135 shipped

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English Made (Swain?) cast iron kettle with lid. Made for wood stove or hanging over a fire

$135.00

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Item 1808
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This is european style cooking pot which is a hybrid style. It most accurately would be a kettle based on shape, but it has characteristics of a dutch oven, or bowl, so calling it a casserole might be the most accurate description. It is designed for a wood stove (with a ring up the side of the bowl to that it could sit in a stove eye) but would be great on a stove or in an oven too. Clearly a piece made for export due to the spelling of liter, it probably came from somewhere in Europe other than the UK (as the British did not adopt the metric system until 1965). The most likely places are Scandinavia, France, or Portugal. Based on similar pieces I’m leaning hard to it being Swedish.

Beautifully polished interior, well cast with a pattern that looks like intertwined J’s underneath a crown. Bowl shaped, but with very short legs that were designed to stabilize it is it could stand on a flat surface. both body and lid are also gate marked. This is a beautiful piece which will be a great display, server, and user.

Markings on the lid include a crown underneath which there almost seems to be two, J’s inverted to each other and interlocking, then “3 LS”
The body is marked: “3 4 Liter H”

9” 1/4 diameter (24 cm), about 5” without lid.

Cleaned via lye method, hand buffed and seasoned with 3 layers of non-GMO canola oil.

No cracks, chips or wobble when tested on a sheet of glass. Cooking surface is remarkably smooth.

$150 shipped

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Gate marked 4 liter kettle – casserole/dutch oven (legged) with gated lid. European. Collector piece. C. 1800-1900

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Item 1528
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Ordinarily we wouldn’t have restored a piece this old if we could help it but there was no seasoning left, just a coat of rust, so restoration was the best way to preserve this piece of history.

Museum Grade piece. Over 200 years old. This one is old and interesting, in fact in might be the coolest piece to pass thought our shop ever. Ear style suggests this was made just after the Revolutionary War, but while the body may have been cast then I do wonder if the bail was added later, possibly after the legs broke or were removed? But the truth is that they could have been removed from an old mold at the foundry. Bail is a blacksmith made squared, wrought iron one with a hand peened ring attached. Bail was designed not to be attached, but draped over the pan ears and pegged. Meaning that the bail could be removed and possibly used on other pots. Like most early iron this one has casting flaws and some wear. Bottom shows pitting from being used over wood. Very usable, but this is a piece of history and I’d put it on display except for very special occasions where I might actually use it. No cracks, chips.

Completely unmarked

9” 1/4 diameter

Cleaned via lye method, hand buffed and seasoned with 3 layers of non-GMO canola oil.

No cracks, chips. Bottom is rounded and gated and not designed for stovetop use. Interior is amazing for the age with only casting flaws and some age wear. Almost glassy to the touch.

$250 shipped

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Hanging skillet/kettle, flask cast, with removable blacksmith made pegged bail – with bottom gate c. 1780- 1820. Museum Grade. Over 200 years old.

$250.00

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#1137 legged round bottom kettle for stove use2

Item 1137

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This is a round rimmed kettle with a great shape, New England style ears, D shaped legs, and a a hand wrought bail. These features date the pot to between 1830-1860. It is bottom gated and a beauty to look at. This one was made so that it could be used on a wood stove, which you can tell as the rounded bottom actually extends to below the legs which were to meant to sit on the stove top. This piece is really more of a display piece than a user although it certainly can be used. Interior is heavily pitted.

Unmarked.

10” 3/8 diameter, roughly 7’ 1/2 tall.

Stripped to bare iron using lye method, hand buffed and seasoned with 3 layers of non-GMO canola oil.

No cracks, chips. Designed to sit on legs in a wood stove. Interior is heavily pitted. It could be used, but this one is more of a display piece in my opinion.

$85 shipped.

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OLD bottom gated round bottom legged kettle with hand wrought bail c. 1830-1860. 150+ years old. Shipping Included

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Item 1752

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Sexy (so sexy that Donald Trump might want to cop a feel) little kettle made between 1760-1800. Blacksmith made square sectioned bail (wrought iron), heavy D shaped legs and large gate mark on the bottom. Distinctive New England style ears. Decorative rim. Piece has some amazing casting flaws which add a lot of character (love those interior voids). Minor pitting to interior – but honestly amazing for a piece this age.

Unmarked.

9” 7/8 diameter, roughly 7” tall (to tip of ears)

Stripped to bare iron using lye method, hand buffed and seasoned with 3 layers of non-GMO canola oil.

No cracks, chips. Designed to sit on legs. Interior is has light pitting, but pot is very usable, which should not effect use. Great display piece.

$165 shipped.

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Round bottom legged kettle / cauldron bottom gate, hand wrought square section bail, and New England ears 1760-1800 Over 200 years old.

$165.00

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UNRESTORED! This one is far too rare and special for us to have risked cleaning. Sold as is.

Made to fit into a Winter Proof Base Burner slot on a stove made by A. Ingraham & Co of Troy New York (1871-1874) this is a Spoors patent boiling kettle (1869 patent). They made this in a black iron, Galvanized coating version, and zinc coated version and I believe this is the zinc coated one. All original with handmade flat stock wrought iron bail which attaches at the spout and front of kettle. There are traces of the original enameling on the interior. Not many of these survived due to the body design which was prone to cracking. There were also a number of lid designs. This is one that is not found in the grey book, though the kettle certainly is.

Marked: Troy NY on the front top of the body, and “Pat’d V. (followed by another character which I can’t read)”

5” tall, ~7” 1/4 long

Unrestored

No cracks or chips

$300 shipped

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Super Rare! S. Spoors Boiling kettle with zinc coating made in Troy, NY c. 1870s. shipping included

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Item 1762

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Very unusual, very cool. This is a beautiful old piece that is a bit of a mystery. At least Civil War era, this piece has a blacksmith made wrought iron bail like none I’ve ever seen before – where after the bail was placed, instead of flaring the ends up to secure it, iron rings were added to the outside to provide the securing mechanism. It’s a very sophisticated system and the pot certainly appears to have been a very high end cast iron one. It also was obviously quite valued by someone who had a braze repair made when the pot was damaged. In some ways the pot seems almost English made, but the New England style ears seem to belie that. Its also very difficult to classify shaped like a deep dutch oven, but clearly not, not right to be a maslin kettle, it just is a unusual wide mouth kettle. Interior has some shallow pitting but it could easily still be used as a stew or gumbo pot. Bottom has some casting voids and pitting. I don’t believe this piece was made for a stove, but it could be used with a gas range. Lead tested negative.

Marked: “No. 10” on the bottom. Any other marks are long gone.

11” 1/4 diameter (excluding the ears which would add about 1 1/4” more) and about 7” 1/2 tall.

Cleaned via lye method, hand buffed and seasoned with 3 layers of non-GMO canola oil.

No cracks, chips. Not designed for a stove so it wobbles when tested on a sheet of glass. Cooking surface is very usable but has roughness from shallow pitting that should smooth out with some regular use.

$150 shipped

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Unique gate marked #10 bailed pot/kettle with flatish bottom C. 1840-1870 (unusual bail – blacksmith made wrought iron) with old repair. At least Civil War Era. Over 100 years old. Beautiful

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Item 1967
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Remarkable old piece - I wish I could tell you a lot about it. This is a kettle with a actual two part handle cast into the side of it. You don’t see that very often, and when you do the pieces are usually well over 150 years old. Has a blacksmith made hand wrought bail and New England style ears, which show traces of enameling on the interior (of the ears not the kettle) which may have been done to reinforce them or to make the handle movement smoother. Only traces of that remain as its worn away over the past 150 years. Interior of the pot is GORGEOUS with some casting voids and casting roughness being the only interior flaws, leaving it almost glassy to the touch. Should only improve with use. Bottom has some pretty heavy use pitting but detracts nothing from this old piece of history. Pitting does make reading any marks on the bottom very difficult. Based upon the ears, blacksmith made bail, heat ring and handle built in to the side this one slots into the 1830-1860 era, and probably on the early side of that. Note that the blacksmith made bail seems to have lost part of it’s “hook over the years – it can still safely be picked up but I’d use an extra hand for safety if carrying it when full or half full.
Marked: “D 9” - I think, but honestly marks are so hard to read that I could easily be wrong.
10” 1/8 diameter, roughly 5” 3/8 tall.
Cleaned via lye method, hand buffed and seasoned with 3 layers of non-GMO canola oil.
No cracks chips. Sits on it’s gate mark so has a wobble when tested on a sheet of glass. Cooking surface is mostly smooth aside from areas where casting issues and tool marks are but all of those are minor – that should smooth over with use.
$150 shipped
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Unique kettle with handle, gate mark, hand made bail and New England style ears. c. 1840-1860 – 150 years old. Remarkable.

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Item 1542
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13” 3/4 x 10” 7/8 x 8” 1/2 on the rectangle. Stove eye drop is 7” 1/2 diameter x 2” deep.

Unrestored – sold as found.

Museum level display piece. Well over 150 years old. This is a really unusual piece, neither Henry nor I have ever seen one of these before. It’s a rectangular pot with an eccentric bottom on one end, meaning that it has a round lower piece that was designed to be dropped into a stove eye. Has the original tinned steel lid, and is bottom gated. Based on the stove eye drop and the hand wrought bail this piece has to have been made between 1820-1860. New England style ears with unique reinforcing style. Sadly it has a crack on the bottom, so using it would require a repair first (and it might be worth doing), but as a display piece it’s just amazing – and so unique that you probably will not see another one. Hand wrought bail with wooden handle. See pictures.

Sold as found.

$200 OBO shipped

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Unusual piece. Large square eccentric kettle/ham boiler with stove eye drop, gated, hand wrought bail, original lid. Display piece. c. 1820-1860 Over 150 years old.

$200.00

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