Small vat for the soup in cast iron – 17ᵗʰ century – Fonderies du Périgord – [ME077]
Small vat for the soup in cast iron – 17ᵗʰ century – Fonderies du Périgord – [ME077]
Small vat for the soup in cast iron – 17ᵗʰ century – Fonderies du Périgord – [ME077]
Straw Handle: Straw pattern resulting from mold making process.
Straw Handle: Straw pattern resulting from mold making process.

This type of vat was used to prepare soup during major harvests in important agricultural areas. Imagine up to forty people working in the fields. It is a question of feeding them copiously twice a day. This large pot was placed on a masonry hearth established in a rustic kitchen. All these brave peasants came to eat around a large table, at the bowl or on the “tranchoir”, namely a thick slice of bread which absorbed the broth inside and offered tasty vegetables and candied quarters on the surface.

Reference: [ME077]

Dimensions

Diameter: 76 cm, height: 44 cm

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    Some of these old vats, generous for soup, perfect for large washes or stackable to send them by boat to the Colonies, have managed to cross the centuries and come back among us.

    Au temps où faire du fer n’était pas l’enfer !

    Back when making iron wasn’t hell!