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    What is this object?

    IMG_8784.jpgMy brother owns this. I say a molasses pot. Please help and thanks.
    Joe

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    Tar bucket?

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    We have something very similar is design which is used to decant grease from stock broth. The drippings from a roasted turkey are placed in the vessel and allowed to separate.....oil/grease will rise to the top & the broth on the bottom. When the vessel is tipped over in the direction of the spout, all that comes out is the broth because it draws from the bottom and not the top. At some point as it is tipped over more and more the oil/grease will start to come out and then you stop.

    My two cents.

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    A VERY heavy flower watering can.....

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    Teapot lantern?
    "The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes." - Proust

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    What is it made from? Cast iron? Ceramic?

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    Jamie,
    It is cast iron. Our nephew is making a lid for it at Auburn Univ.
    Les,
    You could be right my grandmother had a similar steel pot for that very idea.

    Thanks for your input everyone.

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    I think it's a pot for pouring creosote on the base of telephone poles.

    I would bet good money that the crew over at the railroad museum
    will know...http://www.scrm.org/

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    I live around the corner from New Bedford, MA - birthplace of the American whaling industry.

    http://www.ramshornstudio.com/early_lighting_6.htm
    Whale oil lamps were the indoor marvel of the day, like a flat screen TV with "mood lighting".

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    What is the capacity? I don't see a way to put it into scale.

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