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Lot 1223
An American Copper and Wrought Iron Fish Kettle
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
19th century, likely Pennsylvania, an oval form copper pot fixed with a wrought iron swing handle, unmarked.

10 x 20 x 12 1/2 in.

From the Collection of a Southern Gentleman, Atlanta, Georgia

A closely related example is in the Winterthur Museum collection. See Donald L. Fennimore, Metalwork in Early America: Copper and It's Alloys from the Winterthur Collection, (Winterthur, DE: The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum Inc., 1996), p. 78, no. 10.

Some rust oxidization to the wrought iron handle and denting to kettle and lid, minor verdigris to the joints.