old cast iron kettle find

[missabear]

Hey every one.

my brother-in-law steered me toward this site to try to help identify something i've found.

i live in northern Michigan and my husband and i just bought a house. my brother-in-law and i were digging up stumps one day and uncovered this tea pot. It was pretty rusted so i cleaned it up as best i could, i don't know anything about the previous owners or any property history unfortunately. the bottom had no giant maker's mark, it looks like it had something on it but it's eroded badly and also a small stamp on the left of the second photo. it almost looks like the big dipper.
i don't expect that it's some relic or anything, i just find it weird that it was buried by a tree stump.

any clues or advice would be nice

 

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[Dak]

Well I am stumped.

 

[DCMatt]

It looks in pretty good shape... Like it has not been in the ground many years.

I searched on-line for 'cast iron tea kettle' and saw several just like it. I don't believe it is very old. Maybe mid 20th C at the oldest.

I'd clean it up and use it.

DCMatt

 

[wvwildman]

sandblast it

 

[River Rat]

No information, but I found one just like it Vintage Cast Iron Tea Kettle : Lot 1372 $50 opening bid. I think it's neat, hold on to it...add decor to your house.

 

[bradyboy]

Could be a kettle designed to sit on top of a wood stove
brady

 

[stefen]

Maybe it was a tea tree stump....

 

[missabear]

thanks guys. we do plan to use it on the top of our wood stove. i need to get my brother-in-law's metal detector out here. i've dug up old square iron nails too. wonder what else it out there

 

[vpnavy]

You auto put that puppy on the kitchen cabinet as a conversation piece missabear.

 

[BosnMate]

Well I am stumped.

Ooooooh, that's bad.