Donna Hubbard
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I found a cast iron water kettle, or some call them a teapot in the basement of my parents’ home. When I looked for the name of the maker on it, I did not see one. I did see a gate mark on the bottom.
Just looking at the kettle,
I saw no makers mark on it.
It measures approximately 12 inches from end of spout to outer edge
It measures 7.5 to 8 inches tall.
It looks like it had a number 8 on the spout. It is very worn down.
The bottom measures 7-inch diameter
The swivel lid has a tiny hobnail handle on the lid. This tip is approximately 2 cm tall (> than ¾ inch tall) and about as round as a large child’s pencil.
Also, it the kettle appears to have three worn down raised areas on the bottom.
I asked my father about the kettle.
He stated that he remembered the kettle sitting on the hearth when he was growing up. He assumed that his father had bought it in the 1920’s or 1930’s. Otherwise he was not aware of the history of the kettle. His grandparents had lived nearby at the end of the same road he lived on growing up but died before he was born. He suspects that it may have belonged to them. His grandfather was born in Georgia, was in the War Between the States, and married in GA. before homesteading in Alabama after the war, near Boaz.
I have researched kettles that look like this one and have alot of info on the Gibson & Lee Co from Chattanooga, and the companies before it. But I think it is too much to post right here with the newspaper files, obits etc.
I researched online sources, and the only kettles with an almost identical hobnail handle that I found were the Gibson & Lee (1881 to 1889) Kettle, from Chattanooga Tenn. The only difference between the Gibson & Lee photos and this kettle was that this one does not the name Gibson & Lee on the lid. The spout, shape, and other design on the lid (circle) are the same.
There were some similar kettles with the hobnail handle made in Albany New York, but the spout is different, they are labeled with a manufacturer name the lid, and some other small differences.
Prior to the Gibson & Lee Company, was the original company started by William R Frye, and J Thomas Williamson. 1873 to 1881.
I believe this one may be from the Frye & Williamson or Williamson and Co era in Chattanooga Tennessee from about 1873 to about 1881. If anyone has info let me know. And if you want the research info for foundry info let me know.
Just looking at the kettle,
I saw no makers mark on it.
It measures approximately 12 inches from end of spout to outer edge
It measures 7.5 to 8 inches tall.
It looks like it had a number 8 on the spout. It is very worn down.
The bottom measures 7-inch diameter
The swivel lid has a tiny hobnail handle on the lid. This tip is approximately 2 cm tall (> than ¾ inch tall) and about as round as a large child’s pencil.
Also, it the kettle appears to have three worn down raised areas on the bottom.
I asked my father about the kettle.
He stated that he remembered the kettle sitting on the hearth when he was growing up. He assumed that his father had bought it in the 1920’s or 1930’s. Otherwise he was not aware of the history of the kettle. His grandparents had lived nearby at the end of the same road he lived on growing up but died before he was born. He suspects that it may have belonged to them. His grandfather was born in Georgia, was in the War Between the States, and married in GA. before homesteading in Alabama after the war, near Boaz.
I have researched kettles that look like this one and have alot of info on the Gibson & Lee Co from Chattanooga, and the companies before it. But I think it is too much to post right here with the newspaper files, obits etc.
I researched online sources, and the only kettles with an almost identical hobnail handle that I found were the Gibson & Lee (1881 to 1889) Kettle, from Chattanooga Tenn. The only difference between the Gibson & Lee photos and this kettle was that this one does not the name Gibson & Lee on the lid. The spout, shape, and other design on the lid (circle) are the same.
There were some similar kettles with the hobnail handle made in Albany New York, but the spout is different, they are labeled with a manufacturer name the lid, and some other small differences.
Prior to the Gibson & Lee Company, was the original company started by William R Frye, and J Thomas Williamson. 1873 to 1881.
I believe this one may be from the Frye & Williamson or Williamson and Co era in Chattanooga Tennessee from about 1873 to about 1881. If anyone has info let me know. And if you want the research info for foundry info let me know.
