Huge Copper Planter/Vat

[Chickcatcher]

Stolen Friday Morning from outside 88 year olds farm bungalow a very large Old Copper, about a meter high and meter across. Herts Police crime number 41/21752/21

 

[S J H]

lovely tulips as well, will keep an eye on eBay, just been looking tonight for something similar.

 

[Chickcatcher]

They kindly rolled it 10 feet onto the lawn before upending it and leaving the soil and plants to be cleared up.

 

[milkloss]

B4astards.

out of curiosity, what are they worth? Got one sitting here.

 

[Cowmansam]

Be in the scrap yard this morning

 

[Chickcatcher]

value £2400

 

[br jones]

Copper is 4.75 a kilo at scrappies

 

[bravheart]

Nice tulips there.
How would you stop the flowers from getting waterlogged? If the pot has that sort of value your not about to knock a hole in the bottom.

 

[Chickcatcher]

That is a good Question @bravheart I cant tell you for sure (as its been nicked) it was Father in laws and he had greener fingers than I. It never suffered from water logging but I don't think it had a hole in the bottom either (dry part of the country sometimes) there was a lot of broken pots in the bottom where it had been emptied out though

 

[bravheart]

That is a good Question @bravheart I cant tell you for sure (as its been nicked) it was Father in laws and he had greener fingers than I. It never suffered from water logging but I don't think it had a hole in the bottom either (dry part of the country sometimes) there was a lot of broken pots in the bottom where it had been emptied out though

Thanks for that and sorry to hear of your fils loss bet he was heartbroken.
I have a biggish pot just sitting here. It always seems 2/3 full of water never more never less.
It has an arm to suspend it over a fire or swing back out of the way and would like to make a feature of it in the garden. It would need some good foundations built but would be pointless if everything ended up waterlogged so was curious as to how it worked.

 

[Exfarmer]

Those old coppers which were used for boiling water for washing laundry and making beer etc. Were very common in old farm houses. They were frequently full of small holes , which I suspect was the case here. But £2,400

 

[Chickcatcher]

The one on eBay we were under bidders at sale price of £2900+

 

[Hilly]

Worth a lot scrap .

 

[Exfarmer]

The one on eBay we were under bidders at sale price of £2900+

B****** h**** I have seen hundreds of those in sales going for a few quid, not seen any lately though

 

[Chickcatcher]

This was a big one about 40inches across the top and at least 3 feet high