Food & Food Preparation: Pots, Kettles, & Dutch Ovens

8/13/2019 Food & Food Preparation: Pots, Kettles, & Dutch Ovens

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18th Century Material Culture

Pots, Kettles, & Dutch Ovens


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Trade Cards


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Joseph Webb Boston Advertisement

by Paul Revere September 28, 1765(American Antiquarian Society)


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Trade Card

18th Century(Private Collection)


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Joseph and Daniel Waldo Advertisement 1749

Their Shop at the Southeast Corner of the Town House in Boston


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Joseph and Daniel Waldo Advertisement 1749

Their Shop at the Southeast Corner of the Town House in Boston


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Pots and Kettles of all Sizes


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Pots vs. Kettles

Round Pot Pot Belly Straight Sided Kettle


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Cast IronPots


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Pots


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Pots

Cast Iron Pots of the 18th Century typically demonstrate the presence of:

1. Angular (Pointed) Bale Lugs2. Midline Casting Marks from the Mold in which they were created

3. Either Round Sprue Marks or Linear Casting Gate Marks on their base


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Cast Iron Pot Excavated at Jamestown, Virginia17th Century

(Project Gutenberg)


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English Cast Iron Pot Owned by Myles Standish of Plymouth, Massachusetts

c. 1600 - 1620(Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth, Massachusetts)


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Cast Iron Pot

c. 1690(Memorial Hall Museum)


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Cast Iron Pot or Cauldron Recovered from the William Strickland Site, Kent County, Delaware

18th Century(State of Delaware)


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Cast Iron Pot

Recovered from the Browns Ferry Vessel, Black River near Georgetown, South Carolina First Half 18th Century(Rice Museum, Georgetown)


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Cast Iron Pot18th Century

(National Museums of Scotland)


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Cast Iron Pot from the H.M.S. Industry Sunk o!the Florida Coast

c. 1763


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13 Rim Diameter Cast Iron Pot Fragment Recovered from the Thomas Daniels Site, Waterford Connecticut

18th Century(Connecticut Department of Transportation)


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Cast Iron Pot Fragment Recovered from the Broom Hall Plantation, Berkley County, South Carolina

18th Century(Chicora Foundation Research Series)


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Cast Iron Pot - Hubbard Site - Burned 1797

Williamsburg, Virginia(Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)


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Cast Iron Pot from the Gondola PhiladelphiaSunk on Lake Champlain in 1776

(Smithsonian Institution)


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Cast Iron Pot or Cauldron

18th Century(Memorial Hall Museum)


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18th Century(Memorial Hall Museum)


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Cast Iron Pot

18th Century(Skinner)


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American Cast Iron Pot or Cauldron with Round Sprue MarkEarly 18th Century

(Private Collection)


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Cast Iron Pot



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Cast Iron Pot18th Century

(Artemus Ward Homestead)


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Cast Iron Pot Recovered from Blackbeards Queen Annes Revenge Sunk in 1718

Pre - 1718(North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort )


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American Cast Iron Pot or Cauldron with Straight Sprue Mark

18th Century but possibly later due to Rounded Bale Lugs(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)


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Cast BronzePots


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Bronze Cooking Pot with Wrought Handle

16th Century(Louwers Antiques)


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Bronze Cooking Pot with Wrought Handle



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Bronze Cooking Pot with Hoof Feet & Wrought Handle



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Bronze Pot with Wrought Handle



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Bronze Pot with Wrought Handle



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Sheet Metal Pots


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Dutch Sheet Metal Pot with Riveted Feet and Wood Cover

The Satyr and the Peasant Family by Jan Steen c. 1660 - 1662(J. Paul Getty Museum)


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Unknown


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Cast IronKettles


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Cast Iron Kettle c. 1635 - 1775Recovered from Privy 2: Three Cranes Tavern of Charlestown, Massachusetts - Burned by the British 17 June 1775

(City of Boston Archeology Program)


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Cast Iron Kettle Fragments

Excavation of Fort Stanwix(Fort Stanwix)


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Cast Iron Kettle Fragments & Massachusetts Bounty Coat Button c. 1775Recovered from the Site of Benedict Arnolds Hospital, Great Carrying Place in Maine

(Maine Historical Society)


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Cast Iron Kettle FragmentRecovered from Fort Stanwix

(Fort Stanwix)


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Cast Iron Kettle Fragment

Recovered from Fort Stanwix


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American 3 Legged, Straight Sprue, Cast Iron Kettle - 18th Century


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American 3 Legged, Straight Sprue, Cast Iron Kettle18th Century



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Cast Iron KettleFrom the Gondola, Philadelphia, Sunk on Lake Champlain 1776

(Smithsonian Institution)


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Cast Iron Kettle Recovered from a Deposit of Artifacts Related to the American Revolution in Lake Champlainc. 1776 - 1777

From: McLaughlin, Scott Arthur. History Told from the Depths of Lake Champlain... 2000


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Vue du Port de Rochefort, prise du Magasin des Coloniesby Joseph Vernet 1762

(Muse national de la Marine)


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P i t d L C t I K ttl


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Pointed Lug Cast Iron Kettles


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A Very Rare Pointed Lug Tapered Side Cast Iron Kettle as Seen on the Joseph Webb Trade Card

18th Century(G,S, Theberge Collection)


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Cast

Copper & Bronze

Kettles


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Coppersmith from Auvergneby Anne Claude Philippe de Tubires, Comte de Caylus after Edme Bouchardon 1737

(Metropolitan Museum of Art)


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European Bronze Kettle

Early 18th Century(Louwer Antiques)


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European Bronze Kettle

Early 18th Century(Louwer Antiques)


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BrassSheet Metal Kettles


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Dutch Brass Sheet Metal Kettlesc. 1575 - 1625

(Boijmnans.nl)


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French Sheet Metal Kettle with Dog Ear Lugs (Also Traded by the British)Jamestown Site, Perry County, Illinois. Not far east of the Kaskaskia/Fort De Chartres Area


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French Still Life Featuring a Brass Kettle with Dog - Ear Lugs & Iron Baleby Jean-Baptiste-Simon Chardin(1699 - 1777)

(Public Domain)


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French Still Life Featuring a Smoke Blackened Brass Kettle with Dog - Ear Lugs & Iron Baleby Jean-Baptiste-Simon Chardin(1699 - 1777)

(Public Domain)


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LA BELLE CUISINIERE

by Francois Boucher 1735(Public Domain)


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LA BELLE CUISINIERE - French Brass Kettle with Dog Ear Lugs & Iron Bale

by Francois Boucher 1735(Public Domain)


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The Scullery Maid - French Brass Kettle with Dog Ear Lugs & Iron Baleby Jean Simon Chardin c. 1738

(National Gallery of Art / William Clark Collection)


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French Brass Sheet Metal Kettle with Dog Ear LugsFrom the Wreck of the Machault Sunk in the 1760 Battle of Restigouche in the Bay of Gasp in Quebec Province c. 1755 - 1760

(Parks Canada)


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French Brass Sheet Metal Kettle with Dog Ear LugsFrom the Wreck of the Machault Sunk in the 1760 Battle of Restigouche in the Bay of Gasp in Quebec Province c. 1755 - 1760

(Parks Canada)


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One Gallon Brass Sheet Metal Trade Kettle with Dog - Ear Lugs & Iron BaleRecovered on Molunthas Town Site - A Logan Co., Ohio Shawnee Village Destroyed by the Kentucky Militia in October, 1786

Brass Dog - Ear Bale - Handle Hangers Excavated from Shawnee & Wyandot Village Hut & Trash Sites c. 1770 - 1790

(Greg Shipley)


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Sheet Brass Kettle Lugs from Fort MichilimackinacDouble Riveted, Flat, Crimped, Rectangular Ears of Brass

(Fort Michilimackinac)


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Kettle Lugs Recovered from Fort Loudon18th Century

(Fort Loudon)


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Brass Sheet Metal Kettle with Brass Lugs & Iron Bale18th Century

(Nathan Barlow)


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Brass Sheet Metal Kettle Brass Kettle with Brass Lugs & Iron Bale18th Century

(Nathan Barlow / Gary Gregory Collection)


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Brass Sheet Metal Kettle Brass Kettle with Brass Lugs & Iron Bale18th Century

(Nathan Barlow / Gary Gregory Collection)


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(Photograph Courtesy Asha Ananda)


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European Brass Trade Kettle / Trail Kettle with Iron Lugs & Iron Bale Recovered from a Logan Co., Ohio Sitec. 1760 - 1790s

(Greg Shipley)


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German Mess Kettles (No. 5) with Covers (Nos. 6 & 7) & Bag (No. 13)Was ist jedem O#cier wahrend eines Fedzugs zu wissen nothig (What Every O#cer Needs To Know During A Campaign)

1788


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CopperSheet Metal Kettles


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French Still Life Featuring a Copper Kettle or Cook Potby Jean-Baptiste-Simon Chardin(1699 - 1777)

(LAcence)


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(Public Domain)


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(Christies)


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(wahooart.com)
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LA BELLE CUISINIEREby Francois Boucher 1735

(Public Domain)


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LA BELLE CUISINIEREby Francois Boucher 1735

(Public Domain)


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French Copper Sheet Metal Kettle Recovered Near Fort St. Joseph18th Century

(Fort St. Joseph, Michigan)


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The Welsh Curateby Thomas Hearne (1744 - 1817)

(Public Domain)


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Copper Sheet Metal Kettle No. 16 from the Oak Point Island Mound, Rainy Lake18th Century

(From Mounds of Sacred Earth - Burial Mounds of Ontario by W. A. Kenyon)


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Detail: Vue du Port de Rochefort, prise du Magasin des Coloniesby Joseph Vernet 1762



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Copper Sheet Metal Kettle with Dog Ear Lugs Found in the Vault of Maison Milot in Place Royale, Quebec Cityc. 1645 - 1668

(Memorial Hall Museum)


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A Set of Nesting Copper Sheet Metal Kettles with Dog Ear Lugs Shipped in a Trading Canoec. 1790

(Wheeler, Robert C. : History Below the Rapids" In "Minnesota History" March, 1962. p. 24.)


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Copper Sheet Metal Kettle with Dog Ear Lugs from the Oak Point Island Mound, Rainy Lake18th Century



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Copper Sheet Metal Kettles from the Oak Point Island Mound, Rainy Lake18th Century



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French Copper Sheet Metal Kettle & Lug Fragment18th Century

(Grand Portage National Monument, Minnesota)


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Wrought Iron French Copper Sheet Metal Kettle Lug18th Century



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French Copper Kettle Fishtail Lug18th Century



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Tin Kettles


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A HOLIDAY DIVERSIONby Carington Bowles c.1782

(Lewis Walpole Library)


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Extant Tin Kettle Recovered at Fort TiconderogaTen Inches in Height

Flat Rectangular Tin Ears Double Riveted to the Kettle Body(Fort Ticonderoga Collection)


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Remnant of a Tin Kettle Excavated at Fort LigonierFrom A Soldier-Like Way by R.R. Gale

Heights Excluding Bales and Ears: 9 1/4 and 7 1/4(Fort Ligonier Collection)


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Tin Kettles or Pails with Flat Rectangular Crimped Dog EarsFound at Fort Ligonier & Reconstructions of the Same

As Pictured in Neuman and Kravics Collectors Encyclopedia of the American RevolutionHeights Excluding Bales and Ears: 9 1/4 and 7 1/4

(Fort Ligonier Collection)


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Extant Tin KettleThis Early Specimen was Recovered From a Well at Fortress Louisbourg

Smaller Size : 6 Tall by 8 3/4 Wide3 Panel Body Construction with Single Riveted Flat Ears for Attaching the Bale

Capacity: 1 Gallon, 1 Pintc. 1719 - 1768

(Fortress Louisbourg NHS, Parks Canada)


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Tin Kettle Lug Remnants from Fortress LouisbourgDouble Riveted, Flat, Crimped, Rectangular Ears of Tin

(Fortress Louisbourg NHS, Parks Canada)


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A Crippled Soldier with His Familyc. 1760

(Lewis Walpole Library)

Lidded

Tin Kettle


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THE DEBANDED SOLDIER.by J. Caldwell after J. Collet 1775


Lidded

Tin Kettle


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A Military Encampment in Hyde Park, Londonby James Malton after Paul Sandby c.1780 - 1785

(Yale Center for British Art)

Lidded

Tin Kettle


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THE ENCAMPMENT AT BLACKHEATH MDCCLXXXXby Paul Sandby 1780

(The British Museum)


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GYPSIESby J. Harris, London 1788

(Sulis Fine Art)


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GYPSIESby J. Harris, London 1788

(Sulis Fine Art)


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A Camp Sceneby Henry William Bunbury c. 1790

(Ann S.K. Brown Library, Brown University)


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A Small Post Revolution British Tin KettleRound Double Riveted Tin Ears, Iron Bale, and Tin Cover Sporting an Iron Ring Handle

Provenance : 1st Foot Guards c.1800-1810

(Armmuseum, Stockholm Sweden)


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A Small Post Revolution British Tin KettleRound Double Riveted Tin Ears, Iron Bale, and Tin Cover Sporting an Iron Ring Handle

Provenance : 1st Foot Guards c.1800-1810(Armmuseum, Stockholm Sweden)


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Recreated Tin Kettles Based on the Fortress Louisbourg Artifact(The Tinsmith Shop at Colonial Williamsburg - Neal Hurst Photograph)


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Recreated Tin Kettles(Impression by Jennifer Wilbur, Photograph Courtesy Jennifer Wilbur)


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London Cries: A Tinker and His WifePaul Sandby c. 1759

(Yale Center for British Art)


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Cast Iron Lidded KettlesDutch Ovens

Bake / Dutch Ovens


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American Cast Iron Kettle or Oven with LidCast in Saugus, Massachusetts c. 1648 - 1688

(Saugus Ironworks Museum)


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French Cast Iron Kettle / Marmite with LidDated 1761

(Museum of the Fur Trade)


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Two American Cast Iron Kettles or Dutch Ovens with Lids and a Small Iron KettleLate 18th - Early 19th Century

(Skinner - The Howard Roth Collection)


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A Shallow Cast Iron Lidded Kettle or Dutch Oven with LidFrom the Christiana Campbell Tavern Archeology Report, Williamsburg, Virginia

18th Century

(Colonial Williamsburg)


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A Shallow Cast Iron Kettle or Dutch Oven with Lid18th Century

(Memorial Hall Museum)


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Two American Cast Iron Kettles or Dutch Ovens with LidsLate 18th - Early 19th Century

(Skinner - The Howard Roth Collection)


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Cast Iron Kettle or Dutch Oven with LidLate 18th to Early 19th Century



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Cast Iron Kettle or Dutch Oven with LidLate 18th to Early 19th Century



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Cast Iron Kettle or Dutch Oven Missing its LidLate 18th to Early 19th Century



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American Archives: Consisting of a Collection of Authentick Records, State Papers, Debates, and Letters...Edited by Peter Force

The Pennsylvania Journal8 May 1776


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8 May, 1776

"Manufactured at Batsto Furnace.In West-New Jersey, and to be Sold either at the works, or by the Subscriber, inPhiladelphia. A Great variety of iron pots, kettles, Dutch ovens, and oval fish

kettles, either with or without covers, skillets of di!erent sizes, being muchlighter, neater and superior in quality to any imported from Great Britain - Potash and other large kettles, from 30 to 125 gallons; sugar-mill gudgeons, neatlyrounded and polished at the ends; grating bars of di!erent lengths, grist-millrounds; weights of all sizes, from 7 lb. to 56 lb.; Fullers plates; open and closestoves of di!erent sizes, rag-wheel irons for saw-mills; pestles and mortars; sash-

weights, and forge hammers of the best quality. Also, Batsto Pig iron as usual, thequality of which is too well known to need any recommendation.John Cox."

Stryker, William S., ed.; "Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey." Volume I. "Extractsfrom American Newspapers. Vol. 1. 1776-1777." John L. Murphy Publishing Co., Printers. Trenton, New Jersey. 1901

Tin Dutch Ovens


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During the 18th Century, Tin Reflector Ovens were also known as Tin Kitchensor Dutch Ovens. It is imperative that when looking at period accounts thissimilarity in name for di!erent objects is taken into consideration.


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EarthenwareCooking Pots


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Les Apprts dun djeunerby Nicolas-Bernard Lpici(17351784)

(Muse des Beaux-Arts de Rennes)


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French Partial Glazed Earthenware Cooking PotsFrom the Wreck of the Machault Sunk in the 1760 Battle of Restigouche in the Bay of Gasp in Quebec Province

c. 1755 - 1760

(Parks Canada)


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Dutch Lead Glazed Interior Grape Cooking Pot Excavated in the Netherlands17th Century



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English Lead Glazed Interior Earthenware Cook Pot or Pipkinc. 1640 - 1670

(Nol Hume Collection; photo, Gavin Ashworth)


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American Lead Glazed Interior Earthenware Cook Pot or Pipkin Found in a South Carolina Privy from PennsylvaniaMade in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania c. 1770 - 1780

(The Charleston Museum, Photo by Sean Money, Source: Robert Hunter)


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American Lead Glazed Interior Earthenware Cook Pot or Pipkin Found in a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, PrivyMade in Philadelphia c. 1770 - 1780

(Robert Hunter)


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American Lead Glazed Interior Earthenware Cook Pot or Pipkin Found in a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, PrivyMade in Philadelphia c. 1770 - 1780

(Chris Rowell)


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American Lead Glazed Earthenware Cook Pot or PipkinMade by and Found in the Kiln of William Richards of Trenton, New Jersey c. 1770 - 1787

(Chipstone)


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American Lead Glazed Interior Earthenware Cook Pots or Pipkins from VirginiaMade by Henry Pierce of Alexandria, Virginia c. 1792 - 1796

(Chipstone)


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Dutch Lead Glazed Interior Earthenware PipkinExcavated at the Edward Rumney / Stephen West Tavern, London Town, Maryland c. 1725

(Chipstone / Photo, Gavin Ashworth)


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German Weser or Werra Ware Pot Typical to Those Found in Chesapeake Archaeological SitesMade in the Werra and Weser Regions in the 16th and 17th Centuries 17th Century

(Robert Hunter)

Acknowledgements


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