Interesting & have got got one of these kettles. Made of copper, central cone funnel inside, aprox 16" high & 6" diam. 2 brass spouts on top with a wound wire handle & was apparently made by Railway Apprentices for use when on the tracks. Well that is the story but I suppose it could have been made by anyone really.
Odd how I came to get it though. It was at a local garage sale years ago in an actual Garage really,
before they became popular & no-one seemed to know what it was, including me & they were glad to get shot of it.
A few weeks later I sent it off to a Metal Polisher after which he rang me to say how he'd buggered it up & the base had come apart from the main body & he was full of apologies.
Turns out he hadn't busted it at all, it was just the loose demountable base/firebox that had overcome a bit of corrosion & it fell apart when he stated buffing it. Was designed that way & it simply slid back on & packs up for travel & storage.
Have used it once or twice & it did work well, but that was before bottled gas was popular. Now it sits a few feet away from me in all it's shining glory as a Monument to Apprentice Workmanship of times past.
Just sayin'.
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