Cast iron hanging kettle cauldron
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1800
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: A large cast iron kettle used for cooking. The cauldron has a round body with upturned lip and sits atop three iron feet, with two angular handles connecting lip to body on two sides of the cauldron. An arc-shaped hanger may have once run over top of the kettle, connected at each of the handles.
place: label: Place used
content: Virginia, United States, Hampton Roads, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Foodways
label: Topic
content: Slavery
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Mary C. and William N. Buckner, Jr. Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.139.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: cauldrons
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: cast iron
label: Dimensions
content: cauldron: 6 1/2 x 8 x 7 1/4 in. (16.5 x 20.3 x 18.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: handle: 12 x 9 x 1 3/8 in. (30.5 x 22.9 x 3.5 cm)