Pipkin

Medieval pipkins found in Hamburg/Germany (1200-1400).

A pipkin is an earthenware cooking pot used for cooking over direct heat from coals or a wood fire. They were not held in direct flame which would crack the ceramic. It has a handle and many (though not all) examples had three feet. Late medieval and post-medieval pipkins had a hollow handle into which a stick might be inserted for manipulation. Examples exist unglazed, fully glazed, and glazed only on the interior.

While often spheroidal, they were made with straight outwardly-sloping sides.[1] They were occasionally made with lids or pouring spouts.

## Contents

* 1 Heraldry
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Heraldry

The pipkin, also called a three-legged pot (marmite (fr.), Grapen (ger.)), is sometimes used as a charge in heraldry. It is especially common in arms in Brandenburg, Pomerania and East Prussia.

It is used in the canting arms for the German families von Grape,[2] Grapengießer and Grappendorf, and Groppe von Gudenberg.

* Estorf (Landkreis Stade)

* Gehlenbeck

* Samtgemeinde Wathlingen

* Wathlingen

## See also

* List of cooking vessels

## References

1. ↑ "Pipkin, Place of origin: England (made) Hampshire (possibly, made) Date: ca. 1500-1600 (made)". Victoria & Albert Museum, London. https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O148552/pipkin-unknown/. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
2. ↑ Gert Oswald: Lexikon der Heraldik. VEB Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1984.

## External links

* Do's and don'ts of cooking over a fire

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