Need help with an ID on this Cast Iron Pot ***UPDATED***

[Newt]

I found this pot while metal detecting in central Florida on December 23rd. It has a hallmark of some sort on both sides.
A CIRCLE with a DUCK or bird and some writing underneath within the circle.

Newt

 

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[Breezie]

Re: Need help with an ID on this Cast Iron Pot

My Momma had one almost identical to yours, and she called it a bean pot. Are you sure that is not a #9 instead of a bird in a circle? Can you post a closer pic? Neat find, Breezie

 

[Hill Billy]

Re: Need help with an ID on this Cast Iron Pot

My Momma had one almost identical to yours, and she called it a bean pot. Are you sure that is not a #9 instead of a bird in a circle? Can you post a closer pic? Neat find, Breezie

Looks like a number 9 to me also Breezie.
Newt , turn it over and wear it as a helmet, it will probably fit .

 

[Newt]

The number above the duck? might be a 9. Maybe 9 quarts?
Better pic.
Newt

 

[Rasputin]

I can't help you with an I.D. , but that pot is a great find. I love it!

 

[Breezie]

Okay, I see it is a duck now. Some of the most common namebrands for cast iron pots are: Griswold, Wagner, Columbus, Crusoe, Fanner, and Puritan. I'd search to see which ones used a duck logo, but I've got to go to the shop this morning. Breezie

 

[Newt]

I've looked for a reference online. I currently don't have any books about cast iron cookware.
Thanks for the leads.
Newt

 

[kuger]

The numeral,was as to size,I see it on a lot of the early kettles and Dutch Ovens,the biggest I have found was a "2".

 

[Got_4by4]

Yeah, It looks like a 2 to me too! Maybe 2 gallons. Definitely a Duck!

 

[Kenosha Kid]

Yeah, It looks like a 2 to me too! Maybe 2 gallons. Definitely a Duck!

I also see '2', but I thought it was a swan, not a duck...

 

[Monty]

A buzzard? Just kidding. I don't know much about iron pots but I remember that all my grand parents and great aunts and uncles had one of those old pots. They usually used them on an open fire to cook up a big pot of venisen stew or beans to feed a family get together. And if you will closely inspect authentic pictures of the wagon trains going west you often see a pot like that tied to the wagons. That's a great find and I can't imagine how anyone could loose it. Monty

 

[Newt]

Thanks for the replies.
Can someone point me in a direction to actually find out who made this.

I've tried myself and tnet seems to be the best place to get an ID.
Newt

 

[Breezie]

Thanks for the replies.
Can someone point me in a direction to actually find out who made this.

I've tried myself and tnet seems to be the best place to get an ID.
Newt

Newt, I made a short list of the larger cast iron makers, and I'm sure there are others. I'd GOOGLE cast iron pot makers and see which one used a duck or swan as their logo. I do know there is a Swan ast iron company in Ohio that now makes cast iron candle molds; perhaps they also made/make cast iron pots. Good luck, and be sure to post any info you find, Breezie

 

[Newt]

I have an ID!

A special thanks to Harry Prisistis and all who have participated.

Here's the Info:

Your kettle is illustrated on page 39 of EARLY AMERICAN IRONWARE CAST AND WROUGHT by Henry J. Kauffman (1966). Here's what the book says:

Plate 28. Bulbous, three-legged kettles must have been a common foundry product inasmuch as they are still plentiful today. Few of them, however, are signed. This one was made by the Eagle Foundry, possibly at Lebanon, Pennsylvania.


I did a quick Internet search and can't find much else.

Anyone else care to help?

Newt

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

http://www.iobabooks.com/books/231592063.html

http://www.abaa.org/books/2549399.html

http://openlibrary.org/books/OL1129304M/Metalworking_trades_in_early_America

 

[Kenosha Kid]

OK, this is a lot of info for you...so bear with it, please.

"possibly at Lebanon, Pennsylvania" First off, there were many foundries named "Eagle Foundry", all makers of kettles...

http://paironworks.rootsweb.ancestry.com/indexea.html

Eagle Foundry (ca.1855- ? ), Huntingdon Co., See: Eagle Forge, Huntingdon Co.

http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...lebanon+pennsylvania&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us (see Tod Township and Todd Township)

http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...lebanon+pennsylvania&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us (look under the name "Hamilton")

This is from the 1851 Kingston Canada Directory Professional Trades, lists "EAGLE FOUNDRY, Hamilton & Co., iron and brass founders, and manufacturers of stoves, potash kettles, &c., head of Princess st."

http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...agle+Foundry+kettles&cd=9&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us (for whatever reason, it's listed under "Insurance Agents") (Princess St. is where the business was located, 'Hamilton & Co.' refers to the above).

U.S.P.O. guide of 1892: http://books.google.com/books?id=9Q...&q=Eagle Foundry lebanon pennsylvania&f=false

An 1875 Atlas of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania shows no Eagle Foundry:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...ebanon+pennsylvania&cd=12&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us



As I said, there were many with that name (from Oregon to England)...here a just a few more:

This site lists the Eagle Foundry in Greensboro, NC, makers of "sugar or English kettles, 3-legged camp ovens".

http://www.wag-society.org/guest/list.pdf

This also references Greensboro:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...gle+Foundry+kettles&cd=11&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

This is one from Illinois (one of the many names the Gunite Corp. had):

http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...gle+Foundry+kettles&cd=12&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

Now, on to try and ID who "Harry Prisistis" is...

 

[Hill Billy]

Now, on to try and ID who "Harry Prisistis" is...

Tnet member who frequents the Indian Artifact section of Tnet.

 

[Newt]

He posts in the bottle section quite a bit too.
Newt

 

[Newt]

Thanks for the additional info. everyone!
Newt