Columbus Hollow Ware Three-Legged Cauldron Kettle

Columbus Hollow Ware made more than skillets — and this three-legged cauldron kettle is the proof. With its rounded base, integral cast iron leg feet, and iron wire bail, this is an open-fire vessel built for the large-batch work that belonged at the hearth: rendering lard, boiling apple butter, the kind of sustained cooking that no stovetop skillet could accommodate. It is the first non-skillet Columbus Hollow Ware piece in the SSC collection, and it carries "THE FAVORITE" arched across its base exterior just as confidently as any skillet in the line — confirming that the foundry's brand identity extended across every vessel form it produced.