Cast iron hanging kettle cauldron
National Museum of African American History and Culture

Cast iron hanging kettle cauldron

Unidentified · ca. 1800

cast iron
National Museum of African American History and Culture
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of African American History and Culture

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.

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