Pipkin

{{Short description|Earthenware cooking pot}} {{other uses}} thumb|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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pipkin, Place of origin: England (made) Hampshire (possibly, made) Date: ca. 1500-1600 (made)|url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O148552/pipkin-unknown/|website=V&A|publisher=Victoria & Albert Museum, London|accessdate=19 February 2017}}</ref> They were occasionally made with lids or pouring spouts.

== 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'',<ref>Gert Oswald: ''Lexikon der Heraldik.'' VEB Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1984.</ref> Grapengießer and Grappendorf, and Groppe von Gudenberg.

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==See also== * List of cooking vessels

==References== {{Reflist}}

== External links == * [http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-UTENSILS/pottery-cookng-msg.rtf Do's and don'ts of cooking over a fire]

Category:Cooking vessels Category:Heraldic charges