Manufacturer McClary Manufacturing

McClary Cast Iron Kettle

Credit LineGift of Jane Bondy, London, Ontario, 1990.

Object number1990.015.129

Label TextThis McClary Manufacturing Company cast iron kettle is best suited for use on a stove, heated with wood, coal, or some other fuel. Its flat bottom conducts heat from the stove’s burner to heat the contents within. Footed kettles became obsolete with the introduction of stoves. In 1852, John McClary joined his brother Oliver's tinsmith business, launched in 1847. As J. & O. McClary, they soon added a foundry and produced “all kinds of stoves, tinners’ supplies, pressed japanned and spliced wares.” They formed the McClary Manufacturing Company in 1871 and produced stoves, agricultural implements, as well as tin, copper, and pressed metal wares.

NameKettle