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yellowrose84

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Japanese Teapot Cast Iron
« on: May 30, 2013, 06:55:02 pm »
Hello everybody.

I believe I have a cast iron Chinese tea pot based on the markings on the bottom. It is a thrift store find.

Is anyone familiar with Chinese tea pots?

Please help me!

Thank you for any/all replies! :D
« Last Edit: May 30, 2013, 09:36:57 pm by yellowrose84 »
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mart

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Re: Old Chinese Tea Pot Cast Iron
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2013, 08:45:05 pm »
It looks like cast aluminum,,not cast iron from what I can see !!  What makes you think its Chinese ??  Cant see the bottom marks !!
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Re: Old Chinese Tea Pot Cast Iron
« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2013, 08:51:08 pm »
hi mart,

this post is my daughters, i've seen this and its cast iron...there's markings on it but who knows which ones?

my garden is just starting to sprout--such a slow start for growing season this year here
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Re: Old Chinese Tea Pot Cast Iron
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2013, 09:02:49 pm »
I'm curious to know what the fluid capacity of your little item is , sugarcube5419 .

The 'style' of it is old & nice & the quality of the casting looks ok , but looks rather newish (factory-made 'patina') to my eye !
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Re: Old Chinese Tea Pot Cast Iron
« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2013, 09:06:21 pm »
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Re: Old Chinese Tea Pot Cast Iron
« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2013, 09:06:31 pm »
hi fancy

its my daughters and she thought chinese but i think its japanese--she's searchin ebay now

think you may be right, doesn't look old

has slight rust--let me run something by you i just read tonite--put a potato on rust and it will come off

any thoughts,,anyone heard of that
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Re: Old Chinese Tea Pot Cast Iron
« Reply #6 on: May 30, 2013, 09:11:20 pm »
Hi Sugarcube !!  I have been in green beans all day and just now finishing up !!  Looking at that pot,, cast iron would not have had those (looks like) hammered marks ???  Or at least none I have ever seen did !!  Just read your post to Fancy,, if it has rust,, it has to be new cast iron !!  That's why it looks lighter than it should !!  
Can you take a closer shot of those bottom marks !!  Will check more tomorrow,, I am bushed !!
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Re: Old Chinese Tea Pot Cast Iron
« Reply #7 on: May 30, 2013, 09:13:34 pm »
me too mart--tomorrow is another day
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Re: Old Chinese Tea Pot Cast Iron
« Reply #8 on: May 30, 2013, 09:24:47 pm »
Sorry , missed all that due to my cats hittin' the kb & shutting down the 'puter !

Seen plenty of 'hammer peened' surfaces in cast iron , esp from the Asian regions , mart (pleasant dreams , BTW) .

The potato 'trick' with rust removal on iron works well , but it is an 'acid' treatment ... oxylitic (or something like that , if memory serves) !
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Re: Japanese Teapot Cast Iron
« Reply #9 on: May 31, 2013, 04:47:16 am »
It's not very old at all and the characters on the base look more like Thai

( although i haven't zoomed in on the image )
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Re: Japanese Teapot Cast Iron
« Reply #10 on: May 31, 2013, 05:41:37 am »
i,d say it looked more like a small kettle
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« Reply #11 on: May 31, 2013, 05:43:59 am »
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Re: Japanese Teapot Cast Iron
« Reply #12 on: May 31, 2013, 06:18:36 am »
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Re: Japanese Teapot Cast Iron
« Reply #13 on: May 31, 2013, 07:02:24 am »
thank you to both--right on the money

hollys working I'll let her know mystery solved
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Re: Japanese Teapot Cast Iron
« Reply #14 on: May 31, 2013, 07:04:15 am »
They've said Japanese design. Characters don't look Japanese.


Reminds of the Yixing teapots the Chinese make but they're made from clay

Actually, could be the more modern alphabet which i'm not familiar with as there are similarities with characters i've just googled
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