Colonoware pot from Cooper River, Charleston County, SC
Unidentified maker · 18th century
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Early modern · № 338
Cast iron hanging kettle cauldron
Unidentified maker · ca. 1800
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Cast iron hanging kettle cauldron
Cast iron cooking kettle associated with domestic life and slavery in Virginia.
- Maker
- Unidentified maker
- Date
- ca. 1800
- Place
- Americas and Oceania
- Material
- Cast iron
- Dimensions
- Cauldron: 6 1/2 x 8 x 7 1/4 in. (16.5 x 20.3 x 18.4 cm); handle: 12 x 9 x 1 3/8 in. (30.5 x 22.9 x 3.5 cm)
- Current collection
- National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
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- Maker
- Unidentified maker
- Date
- ca. 1800
- Place
- Americas and Oceania
- Material
- Cast iron
- Dimensions
- Cauldron: 6 1/2 x 8 x 7 1/4 in. (16.5 x 20.3 x 18.4 cm); handle: 12 x 9 x 1 3/8 in. (30.5 x 22.9 x 3.5 cm)
- Current collection
- National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
- Rights
- CC0 1.0
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