Name/Title
Brass kettle (American "spun brass" kettle)Entry/Object ID
100012Scope and Content
This is a classic 19th-century American "spun brass" kettle (often called an apple butter kettle, preserving pail, or sugar bucket).
Key Characteristics & History
The Process: If you look closely at the interior, you will see fine, horizontal concentric lines. This is because it was made using a metal-spinning technique. Prior to the mid-1800s, brass buckets had to be painstakingly hammered or cast.
Ansonia Brass 1851, bale handle, 7 1/2 in value $100.00