Question for Antique Experts

[CaptMorgan]

Any of you know what this is or what it might be worth? 22" long by 11" wide by 13" high. It appears to be copper plated galvanized steel. It was used by my family to store wood when we heated the house with the fireplace. It is taking up valuable space in my garage.

[tiramisu]

I passed up on a similar kettle a couple of years ago concerned that it might have used leaded solder rather than silver solder.
Does anyone know if I was being unreasonably cautious?

It would be nice to have an old copper boiler.

[jedneck]

It has few uses. Main one is a wash boiler. 2 nd would be for waterbath canning

[cob]

laundry tub. will it hold a magnet? lots of them on the net for sale, priced all over the board.

[Saltbush Bill]

Was going to say laundry tub as well.

[jedneck]

Would been used most likely on stove like this.

[jonnys_spirit]

It’d make a cool looking flake stand for a smaller diy copper still.

[Truckinbutch]

Wash boiler that many old timers turned into very unsafe stills . Galvanize , lead solder , other nasties . Keep as a curio . DO NOT try to repurpose as a still .

[CaptMorgan]

Lid is magnetic, sides and bottom are not. I would guess that the seams at the bottom to sides and the seam where the sides come together are lead solder. Saw one being used as a boiler on "that" show about our hobby. I won't even use it for mash.

[Dewstiller]

I have seen several items in antique shops similar to this, if I recall right, they were all listed from about $150-200 depending on condition. Yours appears to be in good condition.

[dragon613]

Flake stand is an awesome idea, not only does it look neat but being copper it should radiate heat nicely and you could solder the spout into the side of it real cleanly, never have a bulkhead leak again