It's probably not old, but been made to look that way...however Id appreciate any info I can get on it. It's about 10" tall, with a square mouth and bottom. The mouth is much smaller than the bottom, about 4" across. The sides slant out to a width of 12" and then the last 1.5" slant back the other way, leaving the bottom about 10" across.
On the bottom there is a slight circular shape that looks like it was left there from whatever process was used to make it, as well as a stamp that reads PATENT and then below it, in the very center is 201430000630 and finally, below that, slightly offcenter towards the left is a capital S with a copyright symbol. All around the square bottom are small raised hash marks, and on each the four corners is a group of 4 raised dots in a tiny square.
The handle is held on with a metal band going around the mouth, with rather large metal studs protruding quite a bit from the center of all four sides. The handle is attached to two of them in with a metal 8 shape that goes through a rusty D ring. That's at the ends of a piece of bent bamboo in the shape of a C, which forms the handle.
Thanks again everyone. This is a great site.
Claire
