The manufacturers of this cast iron hollowware were E. Pugh & Co., Wednesbury. (Wednesbury is a market town in Sandwell in the county of West Midlands, England)
Cast Iron Hollowware, a commercial alloy of iron, carbon, and silicon, the combination is heated to a molten liquid then emptied into a mold (shaped container). Hollowware vessels have a significant depth and volume. This pot is approx. 15 x 9 x 9 inches.
The pot are described as a three-gallon, boiler-boiling, black iron cauldron with a hinged handle lid dated 1880-1920. It can be used over an open fire. A pot is a vessel used for cooking or storing food, while a cauldron is a large bowl-shaped pot used for boiling over an open flame.
These types of pots used by the military Cooking staff at training camps such as Camp Hughes before and during the First World War.
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