Antique Solid Copper Apple Butter Kettle w/Wrought Iron Handle and Stand

Description: This has been in my family since the 1950's. It is a antique from 1800's / 19th Century likely made by JP Schaum of Pennsylvania - primitive handmade apple butter kettle, cauldron, pot. Kettle has nice dovetail joints and a nice iron blacksmith type forged handle and original stand. The outside diameter at the top is 21" and height is 13". This is a very nicely detailed antique piece demonstrating a lovely patina with no significant dents or scratches with lots of character. I was quoted $100 to have it polished, but the shop is a hour drive each way. If I do get it polished, I will update the listing. The last time it was polished was 30+ years ago.Apple butter kettle weighs approx. 20 lbs and the stand another 15 lbs and they will ship in a very large box with padding.History: This is a great piece of American history, a copper kettle handmade by John P. Schuam, who was a prominent copper and tin smith in Lancaster, Pennsylvania from 1850-1892. Lancaster, then moved to Philadelphia to serve an apprenticeship with a coppersmith. After completing his apprenticeship in Philadelphia, Schaum moved back to Lancaster in 1854 and started working as a coppersmith. After a few years he saved up enough to start his own business and his skill and workmanship quickly became well known. He worked with a partner named Deaner from 1860 until 1868 at which point he left the partnership and started working with his sons. He was chosen as an exhibitor for his copper pots at the first World's Fair held in the US in 1876. He was also awarded at the Pennsylvania State Fair throughout the 1870s and 1880s.Up until the middle to later 1800s, apple butter was a staple diet in the rural Pennsylvania Dutch area surrounding Philadelphia. Every household owned at least one of these copper pots and they were used throughout the farm season to produce not only apple butter, but also maple syrup, stews, soups, etc. These became rather obsolete as a kitchen utensil by the early 1900s, and virtually all of these great old kettles were melted down for scrap, so only a few remain.This pot was built out of sheet copper imported from England or Germany. Schaum used two sheets of copper to make each pot, using one to wrap around the side and another for the bottom. The sheets were cut with dovetails just like furniture and then hammered by hand and soldered into place. The tops of the sides were then rolled to make the rim.The handle of the kettle is made of cast iron that is attached to the copper pot with two cast iron brackets that are riveted.

Price: 900 USD

Location: Archer, Florida

End Time: 2024-10-14T19:20:37.000Z

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