Cooking Pot Collection

The English Irish Soldier, with his New Discipline, New Arms, Old Stomach, and New Taken Pillage
XJF106629 The English Irish Soldier, with his New Discipline, New Arms, Old Stomach, and New Taken Pillage: Who had Rather Eat than Fight, satirical broadsheet, pub

Interior of a Coal-Miners Hut, engraved by Godefroy Engelmann (1788-1839) 1829
XIR156150 Interior of a Coal-Miners Hut, engraved by Godefroy Engelmann (1788-1839) 1829 (colour litho) by Charlet, Nicolas Toussaint (1792-1845) (after); Musee Nat

Illustration for a children's game, showing a marmite (a French term for a large)
5669670 Illustration for a children's game, showing a marmite (a French term for a large, covered earthenware or metal cooking pot) 1880 (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG

MS CCC 285 f.3v A woman sitting by a fire, illustration for February, from the calendar of a psalter, English
CCC95509 MS CCC 285 f.3v A woman sitting by a fire, illustration for February, from the calendar of a psalter, English, c.1250-75 (parchment); Corpus Christi College, Oxford, UK

Field butcher on firing line, North Sea Coast, between 1914 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Field butcher on firing line, North Sea Coast, between 1914 and 1918. German? butchers cutting up a sheep on the front lines, North Sea Coast, during World War I

Belgian Refugees, at Bergen-op-zoom, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Belgian Refugees, at Bergen-op-zoom, between c1914 and c1915. Belgian refugees and the Bergen Op Zoom refugee camp in the Netherlands during World War I

British at Etaples, France, Feb. 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
British at Etaples, Feb. 1915 (date created or published later). British soldiers at E´taples, France during World War I

Naval student cooks, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Naval student cooks, between c1915 and 1918. Students at a cooking range at the New York Cooking School, 126 East 59th Street. The school trained soldiers to cook for the Navy during World War I

Herzegovinian Refugees at Ragusa, from a sketch by our special artist, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Herzegovinian Refugees at Ragusa, from a sketch by our special artist, 1876. In the interview which Baron Rodich had, a fortnight ago, at Ragusa [Dubrovnik], with the principal insurgent leaders

Rabbit and Copper Pot, mid-late 18th century. Creator: Jean-Simeon Chardin
Rabbit and Copper Pot, mid-late 18th century

AI Image - Illustration of Cinderella, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI Image - Illustration of Cinderella, 2023. In the folk tale of "Cinderella", or "The Little Glass Slipper"

Moose-hunting in Canada - the Encampment, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Moose-hunting in Canada - the Encampment, 1858. Hunters in autumn. The favourite months for hunting the moose are March and September

Scene from "Macbeth", at the Princess Theatre, 1858. Creator: Smyth
Scene from "Macbeth", at the Princess Theatre, 1858. London stage production, showing...the Witch-Cauldron Scene...in the superb revival of "Macbeth

Farmers eat in a kitchen. Creator: Isaac van Ostade
Farmers eat in a kitchen

Woman at the Hearth, 1654-1662. Creator: Jacobus Vrel
Woman at the Hearth, 1654-1662

Inside a Peasant's Cottage in Småland, 1801. Creator: Pehr Hörberg
Inside a Peasant's Cottage in Smaland, 1801

Kitchen Scene. Creator: Per Hillestrom
Kitchen Scene, Unknown date

Farmers interior, family in the kitchen, 1834-1892. Creator: Hendrick Jacobus Scholten
Peasant interior, family in the kitchen, 1834-1892. A hurdy gurdy player warms his hands over the cooking fire, while women serve food and work with yarn. Note child in baby walker, and stable behind

Peasant Family Singing, 1640-1677. Creator: Pieter Jacobsz. Duyfhuijsen
Peasant Family Singing, 1640-1677. Woman working while family members make music

Bivouac at Molodechno, 3-4 December 1812: an episode from Napoleon's Retreat from Russia, 1816. Soldiers around a smoking campfire - the man on the right holds a wild boar's head

The Feast of Saint Nicholas, 1700-1899. Creator: Unknown
The Feast of Saint Nicholas, 1700-1899. A family at home on 5 December, the night celebrated in the Netherlands as the Feast of Saint Nicholas, or Sinterklaas

U.S.S. Massachusetts, marines at mess, between 1896 and 1901. Creator: Unknown
U.S.S. Massachusetts, marines at mess, between 1896 and 1901

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, 1632. Creator: Abraham Bloemaert
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, 1632

Peasant Fair, c.1665. Creator: David Teniers II
Peasant Fair, c.1665. Other Title(s): St George's Day Kermis. Country folk talking, eating and drinking, dancing to the bagpipes, falling over drunk (bottom left)

Kitchen Scene, 1560-1565. Creator: Pieter Aertsen
Kitchen Scene, 1560-1565

Kitchen Scene with the Parable of the Rich Man and Poor Lazarus, 1610-1620. Creator: Pieter Cornelisz. van Rijck
Kitchen Scene with the Parable of the Rich Man and Poor Lazarus, 1610-1620. (Lazarus is sitting on the floor near the door). Attributed to Pieter Cornelisz. van Rijck

Interior of a barn, 1646. Creator: Egbert van der Poel
Interior of a barn, 1646. Woman preparing food while a child watches

The Egg Dance, 1552. Creator: Pieter Aertsen
The Egg Dance, 1552. Traditional Easter game in which eggs are laid on the floor and the participants must dance among them, damaging as few as possible

Kitchen Interior, 1645. Creator: Jan Olis
Kitchen Interior, 1645. Woman preparing poultry for cooking on a spit while a man holding a tankard sits and watches. In the foreground are fruit and vegetables, and on the left is a calf's head

The Home of a Hunter, 1826. Creator: Henri Voordecker
The Home of a Hunter, 1826

A Peasant Family Cooking over a Campfire. Creator: Bartolomeo Pinelli
A Peasant Family Cooking over a Campfire

Kitchen Interior with a Girl Reading, 1764. Creator: Jens Juel
Kitchen Interior with a Girl Reading, 1764

Dis donc, Macaire, qué que c'est que c'thé... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Dis donc, Macaire, que que c'est que c'the... 19th century. Robert Macaire - Goodness, Macaire, what is it?

The paper gatherer, Chinatown, San Francisco, between 1896 and 1906. Creator: Arnold Genthe
The paper gatherer, Chinatown, San Francisco, between 1896 and 1906

The Fat Kitchen. An Allegory, 1565-1575. Creator: Pieter Aertsen
The Fat Kitchen. An Allegory, 1565-1575

War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920
War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920

Tinkers, 1882. Creator: William Strang
Tinkers, 1882

Chiron Teaches Magic to Achilles, 1758/1759. Creator: Gaetano Gherardo Zompini
Chiron Teaches Magic to Achilles, 1758/1759

New London Cries or all the talents making themselves useful!, published May 1807. Creator: Unknown
New London Cries or all the talents making themselves useful!, published May 1807. Intended as a Frontispiece to the Satirical Poem of all the Talents'

Le pate d'anguilles. Creator: Charles Emmanuel Patas
Le pate d'anguilles

Army, U.S. Army Medical School; Typhoid Vaccine, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Army, U.S
Army, U.S. Army Medical School; Typhoid Vaccine, 1917

Department Of Agriculture, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Department Of Agriculture, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Department Of Agriculture, 1917. First World War, USA: young people with badges reading Boys & Girls Achievement Work Club, preserving fruit and vegetables

Front page of the Christmas supplement of the Illustrated London News, 23 December 1854. Creator: George W. Terry
Front page of the Christmas supplement of the Illustrated London News, 23 December 1854. Calendar for the year 1855, with central image of a woman by a kitchen range

Iron Cooking Pot, 1935/1942. Creator: Columbus Simpson
Iron Cooking Pot, 1935/1942

Le pate d'anguilles. Creator: Charles Emmanuel Patas
Le pate d'anguilles

Le pate d'anguilles. Creator: Charles Emmanuel Patas
Le pate d'anguilles

Le pate d'anguilles. Creator: Charles Emmanuel Patas
Le pate d'anguilles

il tomo sus simples... c. 1855. Creator: Célestin Nanteuil
il tomo sus simples... c. 1855

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In the depths of a coal-miner's hut, amidst the flickering glow of a fire, an engraved image captures the essence of simplicity and sustenance. The cooking pot takes center stage, its sturdy form symbolizing nourishment in this humble abode. As an English Irish soldier stands tall with his new discipline and arms, his old stomach yearns for the warmth that only a hearty meal can provide. In another scene, Macbeth seeks guidance from three witches on a desolate heath; their cauldron bubbling over with mysterious concoctions mirrors the transformative power of culinary creations. Moving forward in time to 1915, we find ourselves in front of "A Cottage Madonna" painting by Bernard De Hoog. Amidst domesticity and devotion, there it is again – a cooking pot simmering on the hearth – representing not just physical sustenance but also love shared through meals prepared with care. Venturing into different corners of the world, we stumble upon "A Kathiawar Home" where cultural flavors blend harmoniously within one vessel - a testament to unity through food. Fast-forwarding to 1875 brings us face-to-face with Arctic explorers finding solace in their winter quarters as they gather around a steaming pot after days spent braving icy seas. The journey continues stateside as pinto beans are served at Pie Town's fair barbeque in New Mexico during 1940. Russell Lee's photograph immortalizes community spirit and tradition emanating from that simple yet essential utensil -the cooking pot. From camp kitchens to makeshift shelters for hop pickers near Grants Pass or migrant families sewing together near Vale, Oregon during Dorothea Lange's poignant documentation in 1939 - these images remind us that even amidst adversity and struggle, communal meals cooked over open fires bring comfort and hope. Lastly, we encounter the Wardlow family huddled together inside their dugout basement home on a Sunday in Dead Ox Flat, Oregon.