Please Help Identify This Very Old Cauldron Iron Cooking Pot

[NelsonM]

can anyone please help me identify this very old cauldron cooking pot

can't seem to find out the makers name ? have tried a few different searches

I can make out the the "2 GALLS" & IMPERIAL but not the name.

Thanks in advance

https://imgur.com/6gQz0RH


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[Doug D.]

I was surprised that a google search for "charles ezard" and "cast iron" actually returned about a dozen results. Apparently a founder in late 1800s Manchester.

 

[NelsonM]

thanks for swift reply. I did stumble across that name so do you think the first 5 letters are chas?

 

[Doug D.]

An archaic method of abbreviation, but yes.