Hi There!
Today’s purchase…..I bought a gate marked old kettle today. I wasn’t looking for a kettle and it is going to be a challenge to restore but I was sort of pushed into it.
The guy that I bough the #14 Griswold skillet from wanted me to buy it from him as he knew it was going to a good home and would not be abused. It was owned by his grandfather and he remembers him making Brunswick Stew in it. He only used it as a cooler at times, that is why it is so rusted in the inside. He dropped his asking price by 1/3 and I went to look at it and came home with me!!
It is old and rusted but it does not have any holes or crakes that I can see. I put a $1 bill on it and a quarter on the bottom to give it some sort of scale in the pictures. It is 15 ½ inches on the widest outside diameter at the mouth of the opening and stands 13 ½ inches tall. The only marking that stand out on the bottom are a number 10 and the letter G.
I am not sure what I am going to do with it, but I will attempt a restoration soon. I’ll post a picture when it is done.
Anyone have any suggestion how it use it, what to cook in it??
Today’s purchase…..I bought a gate marked old kettle today. I wasn’t looking for a kettle and it is going to be a challenge to restore but I was sort of pushed into it.
The guy that I bough the #14 Griswold skillet from wanted me to buy it from him as he knew it was going to a good home and would not be abused. It was owned by his grandfather and he remembers him making Brunswick Stew in it. He only used it as a cooler at times, that is why it is so rusted in the inside. He dropped his asking price by 1/3 and I went to look at it and came home with me!!
It is old and rusted but it does not have any holes or crakes that I can see. I put a $1 bill on it and a quarter on the bottom to give it some sort of scale in the pictures. It is 15 ½ inches on the widest outside diameter at the mouth of the opening and stands 13 ½ inches tall. The only marking that stand out on the bottom are a number 10 and the letter G.
I am not sure what I am going to do with it, but I will attempt a restoration soon. I’ll post a picture when it is done.
Anyone have any suggestion how it use it, what to cook in it??