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A pipkin is an
earthenware
Earthenware is glazed or unglazed nonvitreous pottery that has normally been fired below . Basic earthenware, often called terracotta, absorbs liquids such as water. However, earthenware can be made impervious to liquids by coating it with a ce ...
cooking pot
Cookware and bakeware is food preparation equipment, such as cooking pots, pans, baking sheets etc. used in kitchens. Cookware is used on a stove or range cooktop, while bakeware is used in an oven. Some utensils are considered both cookware ...
used for
cooking
Cooking, cookery, or culinary arts is the art, science and craft of using heat to Outline of food preparation, prepare food for consumption. Cooking techniques and ingredients vary widely, from grilling food over an open fire to using electric ...
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. 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
Heraldry is a discipline relating to the design, display and study of armorial bearings (known as armory), as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology, together with the study of ceremony, rank and pedigree. Armory, the best-known branch ...
. It is especially common in arms in Brandenburg, Pomerania and East Prussia.
It is used in the
canting arms
Canting arms are heraldic bearings that represent the bearer's name (or, less often, some attribute or function) in a visual pun or rebus.
French heralds used the term (), as they would sound out the name of the armiger. Many armorial allus ...
for the German families ''von Grape'',
Gert Oswald
Gert is a mainly masculine given name ( short form of Gerrit, Gerard, etc.) with some female bearers (short for Gertrude).
Since 1993 no one in Sweden has been baptised as Gert according to the Swedish Bureau of Census, so the name is becoming ...
: ''Lexikon der Heraldik.'' VEB Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1984. Grapengießer and Grappendorf, and
Groppe von Gudenberg.
File:Wappen Estorf (Landkreis Stade).png, Estorf (Landkreis Stade)
Estorf is a municipality in the district of Stade, Lower Saxony, Germany.
It belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen. In 1648 the Prince-Archbishopric was transformed into the Duchy of Bremen, which was first ruled in personal union
...
File:Wappen_Gehlenbeck.gif, Gehlenbeck
Gehlenbeck is a village in the East Westphalian borough of Lübbecke in the county of Minden-Lübbecke in North Germany. The former clustered village (''Haufendorf'') is the second most populous village today in the borough. A stream flows through ...
File:DEU SG Wathlingen COA.png, Samtgemeinde Wathlingen Wathlingen is a ''Samtgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") in the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Its seat is in Wathlingen.
The ''Samtgemeinde'' Wathlingen consists of the following municipalities:
# Adelheidsdorf
# Nienhagen
# ...
File:Wappen Wathlingen.jpg, Wathlingen
Wathlingen ( Eastphalian: ''Wateln'') is a municipality in the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 10 km southeast of Celle.
Wathlingen is also the seat of the ''Samtgemeinde
A ''Samtgemeinde'' (; ...
See also
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List of cooking vessels
This is a list of cooking vessels. A cooking vessel is a type of cookware or bakeware designed for cooking, baking, roasting, boiling or steaming. Cooking vessels are manufactured using materials such as steel, cast iron, aluminum, clay and va ...
References
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Do's and don'ts of cooking over a fire
Cooking vessels
Heraldic charges
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