Cooking pot with three legs

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

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.

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