OK, so I'm not totally sure what it is, but after spending the weekend knocking off the rust and re-seasoning I started looking for what this could be.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/107048983@N05/sets/72157637106862883/
It looks a lot like items on ebay listed as a gypsy or bean pot. 4 footed, not 3.
There was no lid, but a new lodge lid for an 8in fry pan fits nicely.
The casting seems a bit odd to me, with the bottom offset, and heavily pitted from use. There appears to be a seam each side of the pot 90 degrees from each handle that I first thought was a solder seam, but now think it is a casting mark. The interior shows no seams and has the regular surface expected from a sand cast.
The story for this piece is that it spent the last 25 years under my mother house, and she know that she got it from her mother, who also didn't use it. The next previous generation lived on a North Carolina farm and may have used it
http://www.flickr.com/photos/107048983@N05/sets/72157637106862883/
It looks a lot like items on ebay listed as a gypsy or bean pot. 4 footed, not 3.
There was no lid, but a new lodge lid for an 8in fry pan fits nicely.
The casting seems a bit odd to me, with the bottom offset, and heavily pitted from use. There appears to be a seam each side of the pot 90 degrees from each handle that I first thought was a solder seam, but now think it is a casting mark. The interior shows no seams and has the regular surface expected from a sand cast.
The story for this piece is that it spent the last 25 years under my mother house, and she know that she got it from her mother, who also didn't use it. The next previous generation lived on a North Carolina farm and may have used it