What EXACTLY is this?

[valmont325]

It appears to be an Antique copper Laundry Boiler, but the ones i have seen online do not have the "Vent" pipe hole on the top like this one does.  Plus this is the only Hinged one i have found.    Does anyone have any info on this piece? Sort of looking for an exact answer as to what this is.

[bigwull]

I don,t think thats, a vent pipe....more like a filling pipe that was attached to a water supply....

[mart]

Is it up on legs ??

[cogar]

You didn't give its dimensions.

Anyway, many of the old wood cookstoves had a "hot water" reservoil on either the left or right (most times) side of the oven ...... which contained a copper container for the water.

That's what your item might be. ......See pic below.

[mart]

Can we see inside with the same view ??  Is the pipe threaded either inside or out ??

[greenacres]

Is it a warmer tray?

[valmont325]

Sorry, i will try and take  more photos tomorrow.  I don't believe there is any threading on the "Pipe" piece.       What is weird is there is no Drain spot so you would have to disconect whatever and then tip it over to drain.    NO it is NOT on legs.  Its resting on a little ledge in the photo.


The size is pretty big. id say foot 1/2  tall    maybe foot  foot 1/2 wide   2 1/2 long?  

[valmont325]

No new photos but i was reviewing tons of photos of Laundry Tubs/boilers  and all the photos i see Have Handles. Mine does not. And i haven't seen any with a hinged lid...or a spout,pipe, vent thingy.   This has me a little baffled.

[KC]

Please take a picture of the bottom for wear/tear markings.

I have seen old warmers in the past that were made of copper similar to this.  The top was a vent so that humidity could escape.

[bigwull]

Please take a picture of the bottom for wear/tear markings.

I have seen old warmers in the past that were made of copper similar to this.  The top was a vent so that humidity could escape.

a warmer?....for what...yer tootsies...food, for what.....

[KC]

Food.

The copper water tanks that were located next to the stove most times had a spigot! "In the past, tanks like this would be connected to a heat-exchanger in the stove and a day's cooking would produce a nice quantity of hot water for the household."

[bigwull]

in that case...its a sort of oven....or maybe a bread proofer....

[KC]

And...in the past you would even make yogurt in items like this.  You could also can preserves in extremely hot water!

[mart]

I am thinking this may be more on the order of heating water for baths !! Would sit on top of a heating unit, probably coal burner of some sort and the hinged lid opened to dip water out !! Like you see in all the western movies where hot water was poured into the tub !!  If at some of the places where mineral/spring water was used the pipe at the top was probably hooked up to fill it with a hose/pipe in some way !!

[bigwull]

that was my initial thought...in my first post....i don,t see it being part of a stove...not with that hinged lid....any stoves i,ve seen and worked with..the hot water tank...is sealed..and water is drawn off via a tap..