51/485/1-2

This is a six gallon iron cooking pot with a lid and a handle so that it could be lifted and hung over an open fire, and it was used with a kitchen crane. Vegetables would be put in a net inside the pot, with each kind in its own net, and the meat wrapped in a cloth so that everything could be boiled together.

1 cooking pot with lid: metal (iron); good condition

MERL 'Catalogue index' card – 'This is a very large, heavy iron pot, oblong in shape, with a lid and a handle by which it could be lifted and hung over the fire. It would have been used on a swinging crane, so that it would be easy to manage once the initial lift had been made. Vegetables were enclosed in a net inside the pot, each kind had its own net, and the meat or boiled pudding wrapped in a cloth so that everything could be cooked together. // The pot is 16.25 inches long, 12.25 inches wide, and 10 inches in height. It is stamped “–ZONE–– 6 gallons” on the side. The lid lifts off by a handle on the top.', Lavinia Smith No. 157, Lavinia Smith Catalogue (D60/28) - 'A list of the contents of the East Hendred museum. July 5 1940 // Heating and Cooking // 157. A large heavy pot in whcih food was cooked. The vegetables were enclosed in a net, each in it's own net and the boiled pudding wrapped in a cloth so that all could be cooked together. This gave a good stock. The pot thoughtvery [sic] heavy tolift [sic] was easily managed on the swinging crane and as Mrs Albert Stone explained to me, the lifting was easier than it is now with the modern fireplace because the height of the latter obliges one to lift pots with the arms bent, and as she added "if the big pot was heavy your husband lifted it for you."' (The record in Smith's catalogue is crossed out in pencil), Heritage of the Hendreds Exhibition 1969 - 'Catalogue of Exhibits // Number 66 // Cooking Pot // Lent by Museum of English Rural Life' (The catalogue description could also refer to 51/488 and 51/693)

Rippon, Miss Dorothy May Lyddon (Agent)
Stone, Priscilla