Black Iron Cooking Kettle. 10-inch diameter by 6.5 inches deep, with semi-circular handle attached to 2 double-holed pieces at either side additional extended piece with circular piece for hanging. Heavy black patina on bottom; uniform black patina

Black Iron Cooking Kettle. 10-inch diameter by 6.5 inches deep, with semi-circular handle attached to 2 double-holed pieces at either side additional extended piece with circular piece for hanging. Heavy black patina on bottom; uniform black patina overall. North Carolina, circa 1850 {800/1,200] Such pots were used in slave quarters. See Middleton Harris. Black Book. New York: Random House, 1974.