BELL OR POT? (THAT IS THE QUESTION)

[jrwill56]

FOUND THIS PIECE OF CAST IRON,SAME SITE. ITS 31/2" LONG BY 3" WIDE I WILL BE LOOKING FOR THE REMAINDER WHEN WEATHER BREAKS.

THIS MAY HELP: IT IS CAST AND HAS RIDGES CAST IN THE METAL.

 

[DCMatt]

If it is iron, I don't think it's a bell. May be part of an old wood/coal burning stove.

DCMatt

 

[jrwill56]

If it is iron, I don't think it's a bell. May be part of an old wood/coal burning stove.

DCMatt

HOW FAR BACK DOES THE CAST IRON STOVES GO? I HAVE NO IDEA. JR

 

[stefen]

Amoungst many of his inventions, Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) invented the iron furnace stove or 'Franklin Stove'.

 

[mojjax]

It's most likely from a stove , but they did make cast steel bells ( 1895 montgomery ward cat.)

then again it could be from a cauldron pot ?

 

[baspinall]

Piece of cast pipe maybe?

Brian

 

[Montana Jim]

You will never figure that out... probebly stove.

EVERYone had a stove - it's the likely source.

 

[EDDE]

If it is iron, I don't think it's a bell. May be part of an old wood/coal burning stove.

DCMatt

yup found pounds of them

 

[Ramitt]