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T. & C. Clark & Co. (Manufacturer)

Oval cast iron cooking pot and lid. The handle has a notch for hanging over a fire. On the front beneath a small handle 'Clarke & Co / 2 1/2 / Gallons'. On the lid handle 'Clark's rivetless'. Name is also cast in the bottom of the pot. Made by T. and C. Clark and Co, makers of cast iron enamel lined cooking utensils. Part of the Robert Dawson Romany collection.

1 cooking pot and lid: metal

MERL List - Box Number: 8 // Box Name: Pots // Artefact Number: BD 58 // Description: Cooking pot., MERL List - Box Number: 8 // Box Name: Pots // Artefact Number: BD 59 // Description: Pot lid., Object history note - 'NOTES ON OBJECTS IN THE ROBERT DAWSON COLLECTION, FROM CONVERSATION MAY 2018 [...] BD058–9 Boiler with lid. This is from Roy Taylor, he was the son of Sid Taylor and Annie – one of the old blackblooded [n4 - note - Blackblooded is an Anglicisation of kauli rat, ‘of Gypsy blood’] Cheshire Taylors. Diddy Taylor gave it to Roy, and Roy gave it to me. Bless him, he’s gone now. [...]'

Wolverhampton

Pot, cooking, Lid