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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shangas, post: 190256, member: 360&quot;]Eh, my username is &#039;Shangas&#039;, but whatever... </p><p><br /></p><p>The kettle has a date of 1812 on it. That tells us when the foundry which made your kettle was STARTED. It doesn&#039;t tell us when the kettle itself was MADE. </p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, foundry marks are all over the place. You may never find out who made it or when. I have a Dutch mortar and pestle in my collection made of brass with numbers punched into it. I have no idea who made it or when or where, beyond the seller&#039;s story that her mother brought it with her from the Netherlands after the Second World War. That doesn&#039;t mean it was necessarily MADE there, however. </p><p><br /></p><p>One guy I showed it to said it was at least 300-400 years old, which I HIGHLY doubt.</p><p><br /></p><p>It can be impossible to find out this stuff. You may never know for sure.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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