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A '''pipkin''' is an [[earthenware]] [[Cookware and bakeware|cooking pot]] used for [[cooking]] over direct heat from coals or a wood fire. They were not held in direct flame which would crack the ceramic. It has a handle and many (though not all) examples had three feet. Late medieval and post-medieval pipkins had a hollow handle into which a stick might be inserted for manipulation. Examples exist unglazed, fully [[Ceramic glaze|glazed]], and glazed only on the interior.
While often spheroidal, they were made with straight outwardly-sloping sides.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pipkin, Place of origin: England (made) Hampshire (possibly, made) Date: ca. 1500-1600 (made)|url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O148552/pipkin-unknown/|website=V&A|publisher=
== Heraldry ==
The pipkin, also called a three-legged pot (marmite (fr.), Grapen (ger.)), is sometimes used as a charge in [[heraldry]]. It is especially common in arms in Brandenburg, Pomerania and East
It is used in the [[canting arms]] for the German
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