Sirram “Volcano Camp Kettle” . . .

.  .  . or a copy
 
 
This has a combined water carrier which fits inside for transportation, but is without any manufacturer’s markings at all, so I suspect that this model was either a special purchase, perhaps for the railways, or more likely a later copy made after production stopped in the early 1970’s.
 
Still sorting out our ‘inheritance’ – well the bit that is destined for the car boot sale or charity shop.  I was lead to believe that this was my grandfathers and was used by railway workers to brew their tea, but looking into the history I think that the aluminium model did not come into production until after my grandfather retired. 
 
A couple of  interesting variations from the original kettle (shown here) is that this one does not carry the manufacturer’s embossed name etc.  Everything else is identical down to the stopper, other than the Sirram had a brass burner.  It could be an early version before they found that the aluminium burner could melt, or a later copy that appeared after production stopped in the early 1970’s.
 
If you are interested here is and interesting bit of history from ‘The Ghillie Kettle Company’ and a bit more from ‘The Tornado Boiler Co. Ltd (Storm Kettle)’.

You'll find a bit more here on good old Wiki

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