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<p>[QUOTE="GaleriaGila, post: 142281, member: 993"]From this site...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.modemac.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl/2013-08-25" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.modemac.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl/2013-08-25" rel="nofollow">http://www.modemac.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl/2013-08-25</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And did I mention this thing is BIG? Its measurements are: top rim, diameter: 13 inches inside rim, 13-1/2 inches outside rim; height, 8-1/2 inches including underside heat ring; 8 inches deep inside! At a weight of fifteen pounds, this thing is probably just around the size of my Le Creuset 14-inch cast iron pot. With no actual stamp on the pot except for "14 QTS" (14 quarts) and the gate mark, I needed to do som research to identify the maker of this pot. I looked online and found a picture of a pot with the exact markings, including the "14 QTS" stamp: <a href="http://au.picclick.com/Vintage-T-C-Clark-Co-Large-151085784792.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://au.picclick.com/Vintage-T-C-Clark-Co-Large-151085784792.html" rel="nofollow">au.picclick.com/Vintage-T-C-Clark-Co-Large-151085784792.html</a> Based on this, that means this pot is likely to be a <b>"T & C Clark & Company large enamelled cast iron cooking pot cauldron."</b> T & C Clark was a British manufacturer founded in 1795, who produced a lot of cast iron in the 1800s into the 20th century, but apparently shut down or went out of business in the 1960s <a href="http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/Museum/metalware/Clark/ShakespeareFoundry.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/Museum/metalware/Clark/ShakespeareFoundry.htm" rel="nofollow">[1]</a>. Another reference <a href="http://www.oldandinteresting.com/enamelware-history.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.oldandinteresting.com/enamelware-history.aspx" rel="nofollow">[2]</a> states: "1839 ~ Thomas and Charles Clark of Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, patented a way of 'glazing and enamelling cast-iron, holloware, and other metallic substances'. They were iron manufacturers, not gentleman scientists like Rinman and Hickling, and their company went on to produce and market enamelled metal items for cooking, hygiene etc." This likely dates this pot to the latter half of the 19th century.</p><p>THERE'S MORE AT THE SITE ABOVE...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]37771[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]37772[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GaleriaGila, post: 142281, member: 993"]From this site... [URL]http://www.modemac.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl/2013-08-25[/URL] And did I mention this thing is BIG? Its measurements are: top rim, diameter: 13 inches inside rim, 13-1/2 inches outside rim; height, 8-1/2 inches including underside heat ring; 8 inches deep inside! At a weight of fifteen pounds, this thing is probably just around the size of my Le Creuset 14-inch cast iron pot. With no actual stamp on the pot except for "14 QTS" (14 quarts) and the gate mark, I needed to do som research to identify the maker of this pot. I looked online and found a picture of a pot with the exact markings, including the "14 QTS" stamp: [URL='http://au.picclick.com/Vintage-T-C-Clark-Co-Large-151085784792.html']au.picclick.com/Vintage-T-C-Clark-Co-Large-151085784792.html[/URL] Based on this, that means this pot is likely to be a [B]"T & C Clark & Company large enamelled cast iron cooking pot cauldron."[/B] T & C Clark was a British manufacturer founded in 1795, who produced a lot of cast iron in the 1800s into the 20th century, but apparently shut down or went out of business in the 1960s [URL='http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/Museum/metalware/Clark/ShakespeareFoundry.htm'][1][/URL]. Another reference [URL='http://www.oldandinteresting.com/enamelware-history.aspx'][2][/URL] states: "1839 ~ Thomas and Charles Clark of Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, patented a way of 'glazing and enamelling cast-iron, holloware, and other metallic substances'. They were iron manufacturers, not gentleman scientists like Rinman and Hickling, and their company went on to produce and market enamelled metal items for cooking, hygiene etc." This likely dates this pot to the latter half of the 19th century. THERE'S MORE AT THE SITE ABOVE... [ATTACH=full]37771[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]37772[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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