Is this a cooking pot?

[firecrest]

I know its a pretty dumb question, but I got it in a charity shop for £2.50, and its handmade (its got initials scored into the clay when it was wet and no other markings) Its clay with a glazed inside. It looks like a cooking pot , it wont explode or anything if its not will it?

 

[johnnytheboy]

Try it and find out, a few glasses of wine and it could be a great night in

 

[Shewie]

Not sure Lindsey, how big is it ?

The handles don`t look like they`re fit for grabbing to me, if it`s small it could be a salt pot / pig.

 

[Globetrotter.uk]

It's is a glazed ice bucket

 

[firecrest]

it holds about 2 pints

 

[woodstock]

It looks more like a storage container not sure i would trust putting it in a oven I did it with a fired pot and it split in half what a bloody mess

 

[robin wood]

It looks like stoneware to me, high fired, even if its earthenware when it was in the kiln it went many hundred degrees hotter than your oven so will come to no damage. Looks just right for a stew pot to me.

 

[Singeblister]

I have one a bit like that , I have used it on the Hob and in the Oven with no problems

 

[firecrest]

I think I might bring it to the meet, chuck it on an open fire and see.
whats the worst that could happen eh?


*sudden visions of shrapnel exploding, boiling rabbit stew hitting everybody, carnage screaming ,bodies everywhere!!.....*

 

[Singeblister]

I think I might bring it to the meet, chuck it on an open fire and see.
whats the worst that could happen eh?


*sudden visions of shrapnel exploding, boiling rabbit stew hitting everybody, carnage screaming ,bodies everywhere!!.....*

I will stand back and watch the carnage then

 

[bikething]

... shrapnel exploding, boiling rabbit stew hitting everybody, carnage screaming ,bodies everywhere!!.....*

sounds like a normal meet to me