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from the antique store in Polvadera,  New Mex.   Where i used to live.   The woman who lived there was no longer  in business.  It had been her mother's store.   But if you knocked,  she would let you in to wander around.   I wish i had pics.   It was a Wonder Land of the most amazing things.    There was this.   She almost literally Gave it to me.   some few dollars.   had been repaired.

 

 

 


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outside repair….not so neat.  but effective.   a boiler.  washtub.

 


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it's been out back.  just there.   one of the things to be left behind in Evacuation.   Now….oh,   eeeee,  not so sure.

i hosed it off.    Here,  on the Camp Over  stove burners  to check the fit.   OK.   Since this pic i have taken it off,  set it on the bench and filled with the Walnuts and water to soak.    If there is no Wind tomorrow,  will heat for some hours.

will need to take some water out…it's too heavy….but then put the soak water back once it's in place.

i'd never noticed before,  but inside there is an emblem…. Revere Ware.   nice to know.   Some time,  long ago,  someone bought it new.   most likely from a catalog. 

Copper may give the Walnut a different hue.   I most love cast iron  but this will be a twin sheet.   Need big.

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10 responses to “the big Copper”

  1. Mo Crow Avatar

    Wow that’s a big copper & perfect for the job!

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  2. Saskia van Herwaarden Avatar

    it’s gorgeous and useful!

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  3. CatherinE Avatar

    That is a great big dyepot! I found a much smaller copper vessel in an antique store shortly after I moved here. Not expensive, and I treasure it. Not big enough for a sheet though.

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  4. Faith Avatar

    When I read “Some time, long ago, someone bought it new” it made me think of the “life of a copper pot” and then The Velveteen Rabbit. Your pot shows it’s been loved.
    I have no copper, but I do have an old cast iron Dutch oven size pan that lost it’s handle that I could use if I ever start dying. I try to keep it full of water all winter as it sits on my heat stove. Every time I refill it I think of that, but I’ve been too disorganized to get beyond thought.

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  5. Nancy Avatar

    Ah, Revere Ware. As is tradition in my family…my mom had a set of Revere Ware pots and pans. When I got married, I too got (was given?) a set…then my sister. The copper bottom of those pots/pans were the most loved part, especially when scrubbed clean with Kleen King! Your extra large Revere Ware has me missing the old wash tub I had until the move. I love how such things can be so treasured and important to us.

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  6. grace Forrest Avatar

    yes. brings its own complication…weight….but
    for a
    Sheet
    yes.

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  7. grace Forrest Avatar

    i’d gotten the smaller one from her….used it for
    cloth making…so loved
    this one…not often called for

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  8. grace Forrest Avatar

    the cast iron dutch oven….my Favorite for walnut dye
    i would dye and then just leae the cloth in it, to dry, liquid evaporting
    word that comes is oxidize and i don’t know if it is right, but as it dried in the caste iron it would acquire even more marks….
    i wish i had a HUGE pot, but then…couldn’t heat it.
    so sad. NO FIRE here. Not like back in New Mex.

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  9. grace Forrest Avatar

    i’d brought that tub. it’s been out back since…this
    the 5th year
    and finally

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