Gate Marked 7 Pot. Possible ID?

[Ben B]

Wondering what this would be used for and if it also could be a reproduction.

 

[Robert.Aarstad]

Im no expert but my opinion is that its real. Lines are clean and crisp. That wouldve had a lid for it and it wouldve cooked stews or beans. Really just about anything wouldve been cooked in it.

 

[Russell S.]

I'm no expert but it looks like the real deal. Also in my opinion if someone were to expend enough time effort and $$$ to make a reproduction they would focus on something that is sought after where they can make $$$. That pot would have been used in a fireplace either suspended by the bail or sitting with coals around or under it. I'm not sure if it had a cast iron lid, regular or camp oven style or a tin lid. Someone with more knowledge will come along and enlighten us both I'm sure. I have one like that one and found a newer cast iron camp oven lid that happened to fit it. A marriage for sure. I haven't had time to go camping but am looking forward to breaking it out.

 

[MDFraley]

I'm somewhat hesitant to say for sure but your pot looks a whole lot like a Martin Stove and Range piece if I were comparing just the bail attachment only. If you look at our CIC resource page and go to foundries it give some interesting data on MS & R when you click on the icon. The gate mark is throwing me off a bit but I suppose it continued on for some time after the turn of the century.
I also found a similar pot on eBay that appears to be exactly as yours except there's no gate mark on the bottom. I don't like showing links to eBay because it just promotes their sales in my feeling but you can easily find it if you just type in MS&R cast iron. The dim, given are 9" H X 9 1/2" W and it has three legs same as yours and it too is a #7.
Good luck with an I.D. in your search.