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The teapot is an antique and has the following mark on the bottom:

The worrds "REGISTERED TRADEMARK" in a circle around a circle with the picture of one large anchor and two smaller anchors on either side of the large one. Above is a large number "3" and beneath, the number "74."

I'd love to find out how old this lovely item is.

Amazingly, the cast-iron handle with its swirly handle is made, somehow, from *one* piece of iron bar, by methods I can only imagine.

very nice looking teapot...

Thank you Addiann. I love the old-time style. It has dents and signs of age which will make me use it all the more tenderly when I fire it up. There is a little crankable wick in the warmer, similar to a kerosene lamp. I love collecting old-time objects and having them around the house.

In case you were wondering (you probably weren't), the other copper items I have include a lovely copper chafing dish, a copper garlic holder-bin, an Arabic-style copper wine ewer, six copper beer mugs, a copper teapot which I use almost every day, et cetera. There's something about copper.

So do I. I have very few new things. I like sharing the histories with old stuff; which for the most part I get to guess at.

There certainly is (something about copper). I have a bit of a thing about old brass and old cast iron.

Cap'n downdragge here. You have to be careful when using the antiques because of the lead content. Glazes on stoneware, etc., some brass alloys, pewter, and some crystal glassware can all be a source for lead.

Yaaarrrrrrr!

Aye aye, Cap'n, you are right on the money.

In fact, there is a small area of open seam on this teapot (near the top, where it doesn't affect the usage) that I was pondering. I thought, "maybe I could solder it?" since I have a soldering iron. But of course, solder is lead, so that wouldn't be a great idea.

I have some pewter items that I don't use for food service for that reason. You make a good point, Cap'n. But after inspecting this pot I think it safe to use it. It is only copper, with no visible leadage. And it's so darn pretty. Still trying to figure out how they made the swirly handle from one piece of iron.

Arrrr.

Addiann: you say it well: "I like sharing the histories of old stuff." Me too. I also have very few new things. I like the aura of times past that old items impart in the house. And I feel fortunate to be their curator.

I think your handle was made from a strand of twisted wire such that when the ends are pushed towards each other the middle fans out in the swirl pattern and then the rest is just heated and merged together. It always seems old manufacturers had great skill in makeing their things beautiful as well as functional.

Welcome to the blog, Aaron. I see what you mean about the heated twisted wires.

That seems more likely than what I was thinking: that they flatten and hammer down the squared rod and then cut longitudinal slits in the flattened part and then form those into wire and then twist the whole.

At any rate, it was painstaking, whatever the technique. They could have just made an easy springlike spiral with less decorative power. But someone took the time to create this tricky, difficult and very pleasing design.

From the (limited) smithing experience I've had, I think your description is the more accurate, Laura. At least for a heavier gauge wire like that handle. I have some handmade wrought iron fireplace tools with handles of the same design - that make it easier to see the cuts. You can do wonderous things with metal when you get it hot enough.

(surprised) oh, really? Hm. That's really interesting; I'd love to see such items made.

Lucky for us some kind readers have smithing experience (I'm impressed).

silver smithing mostly, fabrication and some casting of jewelry. But metal is metal. The heavier stuff simply requires bigger tools and stronger welds, as in "welding" rather than soldering. But I've not done that although it sure looks like fun.

That is such a cool skill. And, yes, I agree, the heavier stuff does indeed look like lots of fun. I should keep my eye peeled for some historical smithing demos.

I was just guessing, but your idea sound easier. I imagine it might be difficult to get all the wires welded back seamlessly. Thanks for the welcome; I'd been lurking here for a while.

I love old things, too. I love things that are simply "old" as well as valuable antiques. Wish I could afford more of the latter. Went to an auction today. A gorgeous carved boat figure-head went for $210 thousand. I coveted and boggled simultaneously as the price jumped in $10 and $20 thousand increments.

I love old things, too, regardless of their market value. I was astonished that a carved boat figurehead fetched $210,000. Amazing. Anna, did you end up buying anything at the auction, may I ask?

Did you ever find anything about the kettle? I have a copper lidded tankard with a mark just as you describe. Yours is the only reference to this mark that I've been able to track down so far.
Ian, Penzance, UK

Got it. Your kettle is by Henry Loveridge and Co

See

http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/Museum/metalware/loveridge/loveridge05.htm for more details.

Best Wishes

Ian

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