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Sternau & Co. Brass Cookpot + Spirit Burner

Accession Number

1723.2023.1

Object Name

Sternau & Co. Brass Cookpot + Spirit Burner

Created

24/08/2023

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

24/08/2023

Brief Description

Sternau & Co. Brass Cookpot + Spirit Burner

Materials

brass, metal

Dimensions

Pot -7(H) x 12(Diameter) cms

Number Of Objects

2

Inscription Description

On bottom of pot "S&CO TRADE MARK"

Colour

gold

Maker

Sternau & Co

Object Production Place

New York USA

Provenance

The S and S Co. On the base of this little cookpot stands for S Sternau & Co. of Brooklyn, New York, who seem to have started making brassware in the 1880’s, a time when most ‘stoves’ were fired by a form by a form of alcohol, normally methylated spirit.
Sternau were well known for making rather upmarket brass items such as kettles, warming pans, bathroom fittings and candlesticks.
Our little brass pot seems fairly ‘small fry’ by comparison. It comes with a little spirit burner which is not brass and doesn’t have the S&S Co. Logo so may not be original.
There would probably have been a wee trivet on which to stand the pot so that the burner could go underneath, a few stones would probably do the same job in camp. It is missing a handle which would slot in the side for pouring but it is rather nice and probably dates from the 1920’s.

Acquisition Date

24/08/2023

Condition Check Date

24/08/2023

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

24/08/2023

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