Cooking pot with three legs
date: label: Date
content: 19th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
notes: label: Description
content: This cast iron cooking pot has three short conical legs on the bottom. It has a swinging handle bent through two small loops attached to the sides of the vessel. It has an opening that flares slightly wider than the base. There is a small metal loop attached to one outside wall of the pot with a metal ring through it. There is an Old Slave Mart Museum number painted on the side in black ink on white background that reads "R468". Cast from a mold, the underside of the pot has a raised "8" and possible "I". There is also a long raised ridge across the bottom of the pot. The bottom edge of the pot has a sharp raised edge around the perimeter.
place: label: Place used
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Labor
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.108.20.4
objectType: label: Type
content: pots
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: iron
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 8 1/16 × 11 7/16 × 31 1/2 in. (20.5 × 29 × 80 cm)