Learning through objects from the Islington Education Library Service’s handling collection
Skillet, Ancient Rome, Replica
The clay bowl has been hand thrown on a potter's wheel. The handle is also clay and has been made by hand and attached to the bowl using a mixture of clay and water called slip. The handle indicates that the bowl was probably used for cooking. The bowl would get hot while on the stove, so the handle keeps your hands away from the heat.
The rim of the bowl has a lip, which indicates that it was used for heating liquids such as sauces, or soups and porridge. The lip ensured that when the contents of the bowl were poured, they were channelled into one stream, and could be directed into another container, or onto a plate. The lip is to the left of the handle, suggesting that a right-handed person would use the bowl. The bowl has a flat base, which ensures its stability.
The bowl is unglazed, so its surface was unprotected from all the different foods it would heat up and cook. Unglazed clay is porous, so the clay would eventually soak up and retain the smell of the herbs, vegetables, garlic and spices. When this became unpleasant, the bowl would be discarded.
The rim of the bowl has a lip, which indicates that it was used for heating liquids such as sauces, or soups and porridge. The lip ensured that when the contents of the bowl were poured, they were channelled into one stream, and could be directed into another container, or onto a plate. The lip is to the left of the handle, suggesting that a right-handed person would use the bowl. The bowl has a flat base, which ensures its stability.
The bowl is unglazed, so its surface was unprotected from all the different foods it would heat up and cook. Unglazed clay is porous, so the clay would eventually soak up and retain the smell of the herbs, vegetables, garlic and spices. When this became unpleasant, the bowl would be discarded.
Height:9.4cm Diameter:14.8cm
Height:9.4cm Diameter:14.8cm
The clay bowl has been hand thrown on a potter's wheel. The handle is also clay and has been made by hand and attached to the bowl using a mixture of clay and water called slip. The handle indicates that the bowl was probably used for cooking. The bowl would get hot while on the stove, so the handle keeps your hands away from the heat.
The rim of the bowl has a lip, which indicates that it was used for heating liquids such as sauces, or soups and porridge. The lip ensured that when the contents of the bowl were poured, they were channelled into one stream, and could be directed into another container, or onto a plate. The lip is to the left of the handle, suggesting that a right-handed person would use the bowl. The bowl has a flat base, which ensures its stability.
The bowl is unglazed, so its surface was unprotected from all the different foods it would heat up and cook. Unglazed clay is porous, so the clay would eventually soak up and retain the smell of the herbs, vegetables, garlic and spices. When this became unpleasant, the bowl would be discarded.
The rim of the bowl has a lip, which indicates that it was used for heating liquids such as sauces, or soups and porridge. The lip ensured that when the contents of the bowl were poured, they were channelled into one stream, and could be directed into another container, or onto a plate. The lip is to the left of the handle, suggesting that a right-handed person would use the bowl. The bowl has a flat base, which ensures its stability.
The bowl is unglazed, so its surface was unprotected from all the different foods it would heat up and cook. Unglazed clay is porous, so the clay would eventually soak up and retain the smell of the herbs, vegetables, garlic and spices. When this became unpleasant, the bowl would be discarded.
