Things I Love: Another Great Kettle

I've written about my Picqout Ware tea kettle before.  I think it's the most beautiful kettle I've ever seen. But once again, some negligent person (I'm not pointing any fingers here....) left it on the fire too long and burned off the handle.

In the past, you could send the kettles back to the factory in Scotland for a replacement handle. But sadly, the factory has now closed.  So I've been looking for a replacement.

This one turned up!  I was confused because it's not labeled Picquot Ware, but rather Newmaid.

Turns out, however, that it's the same company: the first kettles made by Picquot were marketed under the trade name 'New Maid' in 1946- 47 .  They changed their name to Picquot Ware in 1951.

You can read about it here.

I also turned up another, older kettle.  It's American - and it's the original.  Tomorrow I'll show you this 1936 beauty.