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Stonedog
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posted 10-25-2007 12:08 PM     Profile for Stonedog     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
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I am in need for a period correct cooking pot for my early 10thC Anglo-Saxon persona.

I do not want it large. I want it to hold no more than a quart or a liter. Period.

From what I understand, I need either a copper or bronze clinker built....with or without legs...

I think that the cast iron stuff is from a much later date....

So where can I find tin lined, copper or brass period correct cook ware for one person????


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chef de chambre
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posted 10-25-2007 01:56 PM     Profile for chef de chambre   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Well, I am not exactly sure that a pot that small would be multiple plates - I would think it would have to be the size of a gallon or larger to require that.

Cast Iron is definitely much later. Items in cast iron appear in documentary evidence from @ 1420, but are very rare until the last decades of the 15th century. Extant cast iron items, although very rare (some domestic, some military) are in collections, dating to 1450 at earliest. Much too late for what you are looking for.

Both Medieval Design, of Italy, and Matuls, of Poland have small brass or copper pots in their wares, not tinned, but such a thing can usually be done locally. YThey are of a piece, not built up from multiple plates.

Goose Bay Workshops, in the US, does fine work, but is expensive. The only medieval-specific item he makes is a lantern, he has pots as early as the 17th century in his cataolg, but he does entertain custom comissions. His work for eating out of is tinned, and is of very high quality.

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chef de chambre
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posted 10-25-2007 02:55 PM     Profile for chef de chambre   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
My wife asks if you've tried contacting Regia Anglorum. They might know of a person or place where you might find an appropriate pot.
http://www.regia.org/

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Woodcrafter
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posted 10-26-2007 04:04 PM     Profile for Woodcrafter   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
I should think that any armourer could make one. The cook pot is nothing more than a dished shield boss without the shield.

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Woodcrafter
14th c. Woodworking


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Stonedog
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posted 10-29-2007 07:17 AM     Profile for Stonedog     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Well, it seems to me that the real way for me to go is with a pottery pot.....

I see Moonstone Pottery has nice one that are very reasonable and designed for use on a camp fire to boot!

I am worried about duability though....any thoughts?


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posted 10-29-2007 08:14 AM     Profile for Woodcrafter   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
The majority of our pots are pottery. Be very cautious in heating or cooling. NO sudden temperature changes. Introduce the pottery pot with liquid in it, slowly to the flames and you should have no problems. Breakage comes when you fill a pot and plunk it straight into a fire, or take it out of a fire and try to wash it by pouring in cold water, etc.

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