Vintage Enamel Kettle & Coche Cobalt Pitcher Cobalt & Orange Mixing Bowls

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Grove City, Ohio, US

Description: A vibrant four-piece collection of vintage farmhouse kitchenware, utility pottery, and retro tabletop serving bowls. The focal piece is an old striking, bright orange-red porcelain enamelware tea kettle completed by a fold-down black metal swing carry handle wrapped in natural split-reed wicker cane insulation. Accompanying the kettle is a rich cobalt blue glazed stoneware…

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Grove City, Ohio, United States (US)

Item description:

Description: A vibrant four-piece collection of vintage farmhouse kitchenware, utility pottery, and retro tabletop serving bowls. The focal piece is an old striking, bright orange-red porcelain enamelware tea kettle completed by a fold-down black metal swing carry handle wrapped in natural split-reed wicker cane insulation. Accompanying the kettle is a rich cobalt blue glazed stoneware pitcher detailed with subtle horizontal ribbing rings around the neck throat, a matching wide-mouthed cylindrical cobalt blue glazed pottery prep bowl, and a lightweight retro melamine or hard plastic mixing bowl finished in a bright tangerine-orange hue.

Dimensions: The red enamel tea kettle stands approximately 7.25 inches high to the lid knob and measures 9.25 inches wide from the spout tip to the back wall. The cobalt blue stoneware pitcher stands 6.5 inches tall by 5.75 inches wide from the handle well. The wide cobalt bowl measures 7.5 inches in diameter by 2.75 inches deep. The orange melamine basin measures 8.75 inches in diameter by 3.25 inches deep.

Markings: The glossy underside base of the cobalt blue pitcher is marked with a clear, laser-etched corporate hallmark logo depicting a horse and carriage team, explicitly reading "Coche / Stoneware / Microwave Oven / Dishwasher Safe / Made in China". The flat, raw clay base ring of the companion blue bowl is unmarked. The orange melamine bowl and red kettle are unbranded.

Condition: Authentic vintage condition showing common signs of domestic culinary use. The cobalt pitcher, cobalt prep bowl, and orange bowl are structurally pristine and entirely free of chips, cracks, or surface hairline fractures, maintaining high gloss levels throughout. The red enamel tea kettle is a great shelf piece.  The attached lid hinge and wicker handle wrap are present; however, the interior basin displays advanced, heavy historic water scale deposits and holes through the bottom as pictured, advanced enamel chipping, and dark red-brown rust oxidation across the bottom floor panel as documented in the close-up interior photograph.