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    Posted 1 year ago

    kwqd
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    This bean pot is about 4.5 inches high, minus the lid and about 6 inches in diameter minus the handle. There is no maker's mark. The only damage to it is a chip on the handle on the lid. Everything else that looks like damage is a manufacturing flaw. The pot was pretty clean and shiny, but the lid was so dull and grungy that at first, I did not think it went with the pot. Some brisk rubbing on it suggested it might be original, but I was not certain until I washed it.

    I went on an increasingly desperate search for an old-fashioned wire clothes hanger today and struck out at four thrift shops. Apparently, they have been so completely superseded by plastic hangers that asking for one in a thrift shop make people think you are crazy. At any rate, this is the only thing that I saw which caught my eye. Odd little pot, weird bottom finish, weird finish to the handle on the lid, many flaws, etc., Never seen pot with one handle like this. It would be impossible to pick this pot up by this little handle when full. No idea why or who made this. Pretty sure it is American

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    1. kwqd kwqd, 1 year ago
      Thanks for checking out my bean pot Cisum, Reise, Blammoammo, Kevin, PhilDMorris, dav2no1, Leelani, fortapache, Vynil33rpm and sherrilou!
    2. kwqd kwqd, 1 year ago
      Thanks jscott0363, vcal, Jenni and blunderbuss2!
    3. racer4four racer4four, 1 year ago
      So for the ignorant here, why is it called a bean pot?
      Also, age? Do you think early20th or so Kevin?
    4. kwqd kwqd, 1 year ago
      Hi Karen! Pots like these, squat, thick walled, pots with lids were/are commonly used in the U.S. for baking bean dishes. Baked beans, barbecue beans, etc. Can be used for other purposes but traditionally used for baking beans in an oven, hence "bean pot".. Hard to say on age. Might have been made by a local kiln circa 1930s, I think.
    5. kwqd kwqd, 1 year ago
      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beanpot
    6. racer4four racer4four, 1 year ago
      Thanks!
    7. kwqd kwqd, 1 year ago
      Thanks Drake47, Karen and GianaMZ!

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