[Sca-cooks] how old are kettles?

[Kirrily Robert]

In lists.sca.sca-cooks, you wrote:
>Greetings unto the list from Madelina de Lyndesaye!
>
>I have been trying to find any references to kettles in period, but when
>doing searches on period utensils, I've come up with mostly information
>about forks and cauldrons.
>
>Has anyone seen any information about a kettle type pot?  I realize a tea
>kettle would be out of the question, but I'm sure people heated water for
>other reasons.  It seems to me that it would be a natural development to
>have some sort of spout on a pot used for pouring hot liquids.
>
>My persona is circa 1200's, lowland Scotland.

I saw one just the other day at the Cloisters museum in NYC.  It was
labelled as a "ewer" and was basically a kettle-shaped thing made of
brass, about a gallon capacity.  It was in a room called the Campin
room, where every item was similar to one in a particular altar-piece by
Robert Campin, who was a Flemish artist around the early 15th century.
The altar-piece shows the Annunciation, with Mary at home when the Archangel
Gabriel comes to her.  In the painting there's a nearly identical ewer
hanging in an alcove at the rear of the picture.

If anyone happens to be in NYC at any time, don't miss this museum!
Amazing medieval stuff.  I actually liked the Campin room best of all,
because of all the cool housewares displayed there.  I sat down on the
the floor and started sketching and stayed there for over an hour.

K.

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