Galliers & Klaerr Style Kettle

I “gathered” this addition to my kettle collection today.

I’ve said “style” because of the obvious similarities in construction to these two Galliers & Klaerr kettles that I already have:

Galliers & Klaerr Acme Gas Kettle








There is no “Galliers & Klaerr” cartouche (or any indication of there ever being one).

The method of heat transfer is the same:





The notable differences are that it is constructed with brass (rather than copper and it’s size:





It dwarfs a 2 pint Primus No: 1

I measured 6 pints in the old currency (3.4 litres), but sadly it does have a leak…

 

@Rodger Willows - that is one big kettle! A Primus No.7 may be its match me thinks… .

Pharael.

 

What a beast! Much less manufacturing work in a shrouded kettle like this compared to a firetube design...

 

Nice find