Restore or pitch? Double-gatemarked deep-oval-footed-kettle, with a crack

[Lewis Downey]

Does this have any value? Restore or pitch?

It is the neighborhood of 20" long and weighs about 18 pounds. It has a big crack that runs all the way down one side. It is marked with a 7 on the bottom.

Thanks!

[Lewis Downey]

another pic

[C. B. Williams]

With that crack, I give it zero value.

[Russell Ware]

About all you can do with that is use it as a planter. It would have to be for free even for that though.

[Lewis Downey]

C.B., Russell,

Thank you. I am just as glad not to have to wrangle that thing through a lye bath and rust removal. I speculate based on the shape of it and Perry' comments about the other kettle, it is supposed to be used on a stove where an entire side of burners can be removed. That's so cool.

Or is it designed to hold ashes :-)

[C. Perry Rapier]

Hello Lewis. No its not for ashes. It's for what you said. Some call this piece a ham boiler. And you take out two stove eyes and the middle section between the stove eyes and your piece will fit perfectly in the opening.