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"Prometheus" electric kettle

"Prometheus" electric kettle

1905
Quick boiling kettle

Quick boiling kettle

1930s
"Magnet" electric kettle of 1911

"Magnet" electric kettle of 1911

1911
Copy of solution kettle

Copy of solution kettle

1925-1927
Larger copper pharmacy kettle

Larger copper pharmacy kettle

1800-1900
Resin kettle used in the manufacture of "Erinite"

Resin kettle used in the manufacture of "Erinite"

1936
Large double glue-kettle

Large double glue-kettle

Kettle, electroplated, by Mappin and Webb, London and Sheffield, 1910-1940

Kettle, electroplated, by Mappin and Webb

1910-1940
Sectioned "Swan" brand electric copper kettle, the first type of kettl e to be fitted with a totally immersed heating element and thereby doubling the efficiency of electric kettles, provisional patent no. 33221/ 21, by Bulpitt and Sons Ltd., Birmingham, 1921-1922

Electric copper kettle, with immersed element, sectioned, c. 1921.

1921-1922
"Premier" electric kettle, pattern 2652, serial no. L66259, incorporating Premier Quickset Device, British Patent no.350611, c.1935. (Lacks some securing nuts from bottom cover plate)

"Premier" electric kettle

"Prometheus" electric kettle, one of two, nickel plated, c.1905

"Prometheus" electric kettle

1905
Plaster model of C16 European alchemical water kettle, 1942

Plaster model of 16th century European alchemical water kettle

1942
Metropolitan Vickers "EDISWAN" electric kettle, 220-250V; 1050W, List B, Pat. No. 310581, chromed, with mercury switch boiling control, circa 1929.

Metropolitan Vickers "EDISWAN" electric kettle

Kettle with stand and spirit burner, electroplated, by Mappin and Webb, London and Sheffield, 1910-1940

Kettle with stand and spirit burner

1910-1940
Brass electric kettle with external heating element around the kettle circumference and two connecting pins, works at 100-110 volts and 5.2 amps, serial no. 36790, possibly by Simplex, English, 1905-1915

The kettle may be c. 1910, but the iron is more like 1930.

1905-1915
Copper electric kettle with external heating element, sectioned to reveal bare wire heating elements wound around mica formers and bolted to the false bottom of the kettle, heat efficiency 50%, English, 1890 1910

Copper electric kettle with external heating element

1890-1910
Two "Prometheus" electric kettles, nickel plated, c.1905

Two "Prometheus" electric kettles

1905
"Hotpoint" electrical kettle with safety cut-out by Edison Electric Appliance Co. Ltd., USA, 1906

"Hotpoint" electrical kettle with safety cut-out by Edison Electric Appliance Co. Ltd.

1906
Copper electric whistling kettle, c1940

Copper electric whistling kettle, c1940

Copper kettle with internal element, c.1932 (with safety device)

Copper kettle with internal element

1932
Chaudeau electric kettle by Eralite 1946

Chaudeau electric kettle by Eralite 1946

1946
Steam kettle for oxygen therapy, early 20th century

Steam kettle for oxygen therapy

Small tin kettle

Small tin kettle

Two glue kettles, probably used in Royal Aircraft Factory for making fabric covered aircraft. From Cody's fabric shop.

Two glue kettles

Chrome-plated cubic electric kettle with tubular spout and wood handle, element patent 388911, part of the original "Teasmade" automatic tea-making machine invented by engineer W.H. Brenner Thornton who subsequently sold the patent (414,088 1934) to the British Vacuum Cleaner and Engineering Co. Ltd. who marketed it under the Goblin Teasmade name, English, 1932

Chrome-plated cubic electric kettle with tubular spout and wood handle

"Wilson" kettle comprising drilled-hole gas ring on ornamental iron st and with ornamental iron vase hinged above, in which fits a bulbous-bo ttomed copper kettle, to provide large heating area and enable pouring without removing kettle; gas ring also used for cooking, by Wilson and Mathieson of Leeds and London, 1885-1910

"Wilson" kettle comprising drilled-hole gas ring on ornamental iron st and with ornamental iron vase hinged above

1885-1910
An iron double glue kettle

An Iron Double Glue Kettle

Steam inhaling kettle, c.1900

Steam inhaling kettle, c.1900

1900
"Hotpoint" electric kettle, pat.no. 810851

"Hotpoint" electric kettle, pat.no. 810851

Electric kettle, c.1912

Electric kettle, c.1912

1912
Fish kettle (one handle missing), c.1897

Fish kettle (one handle missing), c.1897

1897
Kettle tilter. Sussex iron

Kettle tilter. Sussex iron