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Guaranteed you won’t find another!! If you have (or know of someone) with an extensive Cast Iron collection, this is your piece!! 
PLEASE READ History below I took straight off the internet from researching as I’m always curious myself. 
This cauldron is in beautiful Early condition with no cracks or breaks! Touches of old red paint used at some point. Clean it up or leave untouched. This is a Grand Slam of Cast Iron! 
Estimated by collectors to be 25 or less in Existence! Amazing that we found one of them! Only 1000 were made! And the story goes on. Yes, you can find the smaller ones in the 200.00 range but NOT this one! Best of luck to the winner. I nearly kept it myself. Due to the rarity and how I acquired it however I have no choice but to put a more than reasonable starting bid on it. If you were to google LiveAuctioneers you will see the last one offered at auction sold for 850.00 in 2010! The pic of that one is shown below. I happen to like this one better with the old patina, etc..

"VERY RARE CAULDRON MADE IN EARLY 1800s. THIS PIECE IS CLOSE TO 192 YEARS OLD IT IS IN EXELLENT SHAPE FOR ITS AGE. I HAVE ADDED SOME INFO IN REGARDS TO THIS ITEM FROM SOMETHING I FOUND. PLEASE REVIEW ALL PICTURES AND INFO, AND ASK ANY QUESTIONS YOU LIKE. THIS IS TRULY A PIECE OF AMERICAN HISTORY QUITE POSSIBLY WAS USED IN CIVIL WAR.

"Extraordinarily rare, large, and verifiably old iron hearth cauldron. The cauldron is in superb, condition for its age. This large 8 gallon cauldron was cast by the Pocasset Iron Foundry of Bourne, Massachusetts between 1822 and 1825 for the famed Savannah, Georgia hardware firm of Weed & Cornwell. The cauldron carries the sharp, legible, raised name markings of Weed & Cornwell. The cauldron features its’ two original, firmly cast handles, three original firmly attached peg feet, 2 inch flared tapered lip and strengthening ribs. Three such cauldrons have been publicly offered for sale since 2008. Collectors speculate that less than 25 of these large Weed & Cornwell cauldrons still exist. It is said that the Pocasset Iron Foundry was commissioned to cast a total production of 1000 of these cauldrons. Manufacturer’s marked cauldrons rarely appear for sale in the marketplace For every 500 true vintage cauldrons in the marketplace only one, on average, is manufacturer’s marked. Of those marked cauldrons perhaps 1 or 2 percent are in the condition of this cauldron. Most cauldrons are small, ‘out-door’ used, rusted or dented hulks whose rust and damage have been disguised with a dishonest coat of ‘shaker-can-black‘ paint. This cauldron is a large, hearth-size, gorgeous, antiquity. It is an American treasure worthy of museum display. It has survived the ages. Here are it’s dimensions: 15 1/2 inches from lip edge to lip edge 12 inches high 50 pounds, approx. weight Here are the cast marks: “Weed & Cornwell” “Savannah, GA.” “No.10 8 Gall’s”* The pot was cast using naturally occurring native bog iron that was, and still is, found in the shallows of east Buzzards Bay on Cape Cod. The Savannah firm Weed & Cornwell, formerly located at 173 Broughton Street, was a large “fancy goods” hardware store that served the city and surrounding countryside from 1818 until 1883 selling farm and house goods “of the highest quality“. The firm was owed by partners N. D. Weed and George Cornwell. The firm was also one of the largest coffee importers in the U.S.. The firm is mentioned in J.H. Easterbys “Confederate Civil War Letters”. The firm was also listed yearly in “Sholes’ Directory of the City of Savannah” - a sort of the Yellow Pages of its’ day. * It is this use of the abbreviation “Gall’s” (gallons) that serves to identify the cauldron as having been produced no later than about 1825. By 1826 U.S. weight, volume and measurement standards were changed and manufacturers began substituting the shortened and lower case ‘g’ abbreviation “gal.” for the old English “Gall’s” designation.Weed, CornwellCo. (also underWeed, Nathan)Savannah and Macon,Ga.Imported and dealt inhardware, iron, steel,,and agriculturalimplements; alsofurnished artillerycomponents, includingcarriages, 1861-64Richmond, Va.Richmond, Va.Canton, Miss.Richmond, Va.Richmond, Va.Charleston, S.C,Atlanta, Ga.Salisbury, N.C.Imported and dealt inhardware, iron, steel,,and agriculturalimplements; alsofurnished artillerycomponents, includingcarriages, 1861-64The Pocasset River is a small tidal river and estuary on the eastern shore of Buzzards Bay, in Bourne, Massachusetts.The river's Mill and Shop Ponds were historically used for the Pocasset Iron Foundry (1822–81) and Tahanto Art Works (1882–1900), which made use of the native bog iron"

(Image added of cleaned up version of identical cauldron)