51/488

This is a large iron cooking pot with three small legs and a semi-circular handle of a design dating back to Roman times.

1 cooking pot: metal (iron); good condition

Lavinia Smith No. 206., Lavinia Smith Catalogue (D60/28) - 'A list of the contents of the East Hendred museum. July 5 1940 // Heating and Cooking // 206. A n [sic] iron pot with 3 legs. This pattern goes back to Romantimes [sic].' (The entry in Smith's catalogue is crossed out in what appears to be red crayon), 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 51/693 and 51/485/1-2), MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Standard museum name: Pot // Accession number: 51/488 // Classification: Domestic cooking // Negative number: 60/14651 // Acquisition method: Gift // Acquired from, date: Lavinia Smith collection, March 1951 // Store: // Condition: good // Recorder, date: JMB 1.3.82 // Description: Large iron cooking pot, circular in shape with 3 small legs and a semi-circular handle attached at the sides near the top of the pot. There a 3 raised rings around the pot. // Dimensions: Height: 28.0 cm. Diameter 29.0 cm // Associated information: Lavinia Smith No. 206 // References: [page break] [pencil sketch]'

Rippon, Miss Dorothy May Lyddon (Agent)